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7593079

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-12-12
pubmed:abstractText
Increased carpal-tunnel pressure has been implicated in the pathophysiology of carpal tunnel syndrome, but it is not known whether splints that immobilize the wrist in a functional position of extension minimize carpal tunnel pressure. To determine the position of the wrist that results in the lowest carpal-tunnel pressure, twenty control subjects and four patients who had carpal tunnel syndrome were evaluated with use of a new, dynamic method that continuously measures carpal tunnel pressure throughout the range of motion of the wrist. The pressure was measured by means of a pressure transducer connected to a flexible catheter that had been inserted into the carpal canal. The position of the wrist was measured simultaneously with use of a two-axis electrogoniometer. Aided by a computer monitor that displayed a moving line of real-time carpal-tunnel pressure, each subject was instructed to move the wrist throughout the range of motion and to adjust it to the position that corresponded to the lowest carpal-tunnel pressure. For the control subjects, the lowest carpal-tunnel pressure averaged 8 +/- 4 millimeters of mercury (1.07 +/- 0.53 kilopascals), and the average position of the wrist associated with the lowest pressure was 2 +/- 9 degrees of extension and 2 +/- 6 degrees of ulnar deviation.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0021-9355
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
77
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1695-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-10-25
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Position of the wrist associated with the lowest carpal-tunnel pressure: implications for splint design.
pubmed:affiliation
Ergonomics Program, University of California at San Francisco 94804, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.