"Carpal Tunnel Syndrome" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Entrapment of the MEDIAN NERVE in the carpal tunnel, which is formed by the flexor retinaculum and the CARPAL BONES. This syndrome may be associated with repetitive occupational trauma (CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS); wrist injuries; AMYLOID NEUROPATHIES; rheumatoid arthritis (see ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID); ACROMEGALY; PREGNANCY; and other conditions. Symptoms include burning pain and paresthesias involving the ventral surface of the hand and fingers which may radiate proximally. Impairment of sensation in the distribution of the median nerve and thenar muscle atrophy may occur. (Joynt, Clinical Neurology, 1995, Ch51, p45)
| Descriptor ID |
D002349
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C10.668.829.500.500.200 C10.668.829.550.200 C26.844.150.206
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| Concept/Terms |
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- Carpal Tunnel Syndromes
- Syndrome, Carpal Tunnel
- Syndromes, Carpal Tunnel
- Amyotrophy, Thenar, Of Carpal Origin
- Median Neuropathy, Carpal Tunnel
- Compression Neuropathy, Carpal Tunnel
- Entrapment Neuropathy, Carpal Tunnel
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| 1996 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 1997 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Carpal Tunnel Syndrome" by people in Profiles.
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Stjernbrandt A, Liv P, Jackson JA, Pettersson H, Lewis C, Punnett L, Wahlstr?m J. Occupational biomechanical risk factors for carpal tunnel syndrome surgery: a prospective cohort study on 203 866 Swedish male construction workers followed for 19 years. Occup Environ Med. 2025 Aug 25; 82(6):263-269.
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Davids FA, Ramtin S, Razi A, Ring D, Teunis T, Reichel LM. Variation in Interpretation of Provocative Tests for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. J Hand Surg Am. 2025 Aug; 50(8):909-914.
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Sheen S, Ahmed A, Raiford ME, Jones CMC, Morrison E, Hauber K, Orsini J, Hammert WC, Speach D. Association between electrodiagnosis and neuromuscular ultrasound in the diagnosis and assessment of severity of carpal tunnel syndrome. PM R. 2024 Nov; 16(11):1190-1194.
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Crijns TJ, Mucharraz C, Paravasthuramesh A, Teunis T, Ring D, Fatehi A. Surgeons' Recommendations for Neurodiagnostic Testing With High Pretest Probability of Idiopathic Median Neuropathy at the Carpal Tunnel. J Hand Surg Am. 2022 08; 47(8):736-744.
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Harris AHS, Ding Q, Trickey AW, Finlay AK, Schmidt EM, Curtin CM, Sears ED, Yoshida R, Lashgari D, Nuckols TK, Kamal RN. Do Proposed Quality Measures for Carpal Tunnel Release Reveal Important Quality Gaps and Are They Reliable? Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2022 09 01; 480(9):1743-1750.
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Kaku MC, Bhadola S, Berk JL, Sanchorawala V, Connors LH, Lau KHV. Neurological manifestations of hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis: a focus on diagnostic delays. Amyloid. 2022 Sep; 29(3):184-189.
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Sarwar F, Teunis T, Ring D, Reichel LM, Crijns T, Fatehi A. Surgeon Ratings of the Severity of Idiopathic Median Neuropathy at the Carpal Tunnel Are Not Influenced by Magnitude of Incapability. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2022 06 01; 480(6):1143-1149.
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Harris AHS, Meerwijk EL, Ding Q, Trickey AW, Finlay AK, Schmidt EM, Curtin CM, Sears ED, Nuckols TK, Kamal RN. Testing proposed quality measures for treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome: feasibility, magnitude of quality gaps, and reliability. BMC Health Serv Res. 2020 Sep 11; 20(1):861.
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Afra P. The advancement of magnetoneurography. Clin Neurophysiol. 2020 04; 131(4):938-939.
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Harris AHS, Meerwijk EL, Kamal RN, Sears ED, Hawn M, Eisenberg D, Finlay AK, Hagedorn H, Mudumbai S. Variability and Costs of Low-Value Preoperative Testing for Carpal Tunnel Release Surgery. Anesth Analg. 2019 09; 129(3):804-811.