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Italian Multicentre Study of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Differences in the clinical and neurophysiological features between male and female patients

From the Institute of Neurology, Catholic University, Rome, Italy

Correspondence: L. Padua MD PhD, Institute of Neurology, Università Cattolica, L. go F. Vito 1, 00168 Rome, Italy. E-mail: lpadua{at}mclink.it

The Italian Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Study Group has carried out a multicentre study on 1123 hands with idiopathic carpal tunnel syndrome. We have compared the findings on clinical examination, the neurophysiological data and a patient-oriented assessment in men and women. The patient-oriented assessment showed that men complain of less discomfort than women; clinical examination was similar in the two populations and neurophysiological investigations showed greater changes in men.

Journal of Hand Surgery (British and European Volume), Vol. 24, No. 5, 579-582 (1999)
DOI: 10.1054/JHSB.1999.0255


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