Ultrasound exams of patients with a history of idiopathic carpal tunnel are better diagnostic tools than the standard physical maneuvers known as Tinel's sign and Phalen's maneuver.
Dr. Antonio Naranjo and colleagues in the rheumatology department at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, published their study in the November/December 2007 issue of the Journal of Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology. They studied 68 patients with 105 wrists showing symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome.
Diagnostic Imaging
Friday, January 18, 2008
Ultrasound diagnoses idiopathic carpal tunnel better than physical exam
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