Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Wertheim cung cấp cho các bạn kiến thức về ngành y đề tài: Sensitivities of conventional and new electrophysiological techniques in carpal tunnel syndrome and their relationship to body mass index. | Journal of Brachial Plexus and Peripheral Nerve Injury BioMed Central Open Access Research article Sensitivities of conventional and new electrophysiological techniques in carpal tunnel syndrome and their relationship to body mass index Recep Aygul Hizir Ulvi Dilcan Kotan Mutlu Kuyucu and Recep Demir Address Department of Neurology Ataturk University Faculty of Medicine 25240 Erzurum Turkey Email Recep Aygul - raygul@ Hizir Ulvi - hizir@ Dilcan Kotan - dilcankotan@ Mutlu Kuyucu - mutlu@ Recep Demir - recep@ Corresponding author Published 31 July 2009 Received 23 December 2008 Journal of Brachial Plexus and Peripheral Nerve Injury 2009 4 12 doi 1749-7221-4-12 Accepted 31 July 2009 This article is available from http content 4 1 12 2009 Aygul et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract The purpose of this study is to evaluate prospectively the sensitivities of conventional and new electrophysiological techniques and to investigate their relationship with the body mass index BMI in a population of patients suspected of having carpal tunnel syndrome CTS . In this study 165 hands of 92 consecutive patients 81 female 11 male with clinical diagnosis of CTS were compared to reference population of 60 hands of 30 healthy subjects 26 female and 4 male . Extensive sensory and motor nerve conduction studies NCSs were performed in the diagnosis of subtle CTS patients. Also the patients were divided into subgroups and sensitivities were determined according to BMI. The mean BMI was found to be significantly higher in the CTS than in the control group p . The sensitivity of the median sensory nerve latency mSDL and median motor distal latency
