The Effect of Carpal Tunnel Release on Typing Performance.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To describe the effect of carpal tunnel release (CTR) on typing performance.

Methods

We prospectively studied 27 patients undergoing open CTR. Patient demographics and clinical characteristics including nerve conduction studies, electromyography results, and duration of symptoms were collected. Before surgery and at 8 time points after surgery, ranging from 1 to 12 weeks, typing performance for an approximately 500-character paragraph was assessed via an on-line platform. The Michigan Hand Questionnaire (MHQ) and the Boston Carpal Tunnel Questionnaire functional component (BCTQ-F) and symptom severity component (BCTQ-S) component were completed before surgery and at 1, 3, 6, and 12 weeks after surgery. We used repeated-measures analyses of variance and follow-up depe

SUBMITTER: Zumsteg JW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5364521 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature