SYMPATHETIC DYSFUNCTION IN PATIENTS WITH DIFFERENT SEVERITY OF CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME

DIRAÇOĞLU D., Kesiktas N., Tukdigan D., Aki S., Muslumanoglu L.

JOURNAL OF ISTANBUL FACULTY OF MEDICINE-ISTANBUL TIP FAKULTESI DERGISI, vol.72, no.1, pp.14-18, 2009 (ESCI) identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 72 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2009
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF ISTANBUL FACULTY OF MEDICINE-ISTANBUL TIP FAKULTESI DERGISI
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.14-18
  • Keywords: Carpal tunnel syndrome, Sympathetic skin response, EMG
  • Istanbul University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objective: Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is an entrapment mononeuropathy of the median nerve at the wrist. Recently, it was reported that in the entrapment neuropathies, which involved motor and sensorial fibers, autonomic impression might occur. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between electrophysiological severity of CTS and sympathetic dysfunction, using the sympathetic skin response (SSR).