This Article Full Text (OnlineFirst PDF) All Versions of this Article: 1753193408093326v1 33/5/645    most recent Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in PubMed Alert me to new issues of the journal Add to Saved Citations Download to citation manager Request Permissions Request Reprints Add to My Marked Citations Citing Articles Citing Articles via Google Scholar Citing Articles via Scopus Google Scholar Articles by Lim, P. G. Articles by Ahmad, T. S. Search for Related Content PubMed PubMed Citation Articles by Lim, P. G. Articles by Ahmad, T. S. Pubmed/NCBI databases Medline Plus Health Information Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Social Bookmarking                         What's this?

The role of wrist anthropometric measurement in idiopathic carpal tunnel syndrome

From the Orthopaedic Surgery Department, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

^* To whom correspondence should be addressed.

	Abstract

Anthropometric wrist measurement ratios were examined for an association with idiopathic carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). Wrist measurements were recorded in 67 patients with CTS and in a matched control group of 67 healthy volunteers. The Wrist Ratio (WR) (wrist anterior to posterior dimension/wrist medial–lateral dimension) and the Wrist Palm Ratio (wrist anterior to posterior dimension/palm length) were calculated for each case. We found that a WR of 0.70 and a Wrist Palm Ratio of >0.342 were significantly associated with idiopathic CTS.

First published on July 28, 2008, doi:10.1177/1753193408093326

Journal of Hand Surgery (European Volume) 2008;33:645.

A more recent version of this article appeared on October 1, 2008


CiteULike    Complore    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter    What's this?