Table 1. Electrodiagnostic tests reported for patients with carpal tunnel syndrome.
No | CTS Patients | Control | ||||||||
Gender | Age | Handedness | Tested hand | Electrodiagnostic test results (abnormal values in bold)1 | Age | |||||
Nerve Study | Amplitude2 | Velocity3(m/s) | Distallatency (ms) | F-waveLatency4 (ms) | ||||||
1 | F | 48 | R | L | Median sensory | 11.4 | 57 | 2.8 | 48 | |
Ulnar sensory | 35.4 | 58 | 1.6 | |||||||
Median motor | 10 | 54 | 5.6 | 29.7 | ||||||
Ulnar motor | 9.5 | 55 | 2.4 | 26.2 | ||||||
2 | M | 54 | R | R | Median sensory | 13.5 | 2.9 | 54 | ||
Ulnar sensory | 19.3 | 1.7 | ||||||||
Median motor | 8.7 | 52 | 6 | 35.1 | ||||||
3 | F | 57 | R | R | Median sensory | 71.2 | 59 | 2.5 | 59 | |
Ulnar sensory | 27.4 | 60 | 2.3 | |||||||
Median motor | 11.5 | 57 | 4.1 | 26.1 | ||||||
Ulnar motor | 12.5 | 55 | 3.3 | 27.3 | ||||||
4 | F | 60 | R | R | Median sensory | 10 | 62 | 3.3 | 60 | |
Ulnar sensory | 19 | 63 | 1.7 | |||||||
Median motor | 9.6 | 60 | 4.8 | 26.2 | ||||||
Ulnar motor | 8 | 63 | 2.3 | 27.3 | ||||||
5 | F | 56 | R | L | Median sensory | 60.2 | 2.3* | 56 | ||
Ulnar sensory | 15.2 | 1.7 | ||||||||
Median motor | 8.7 | 59 | 3.9 | |||||||
6 | F | 30 | R | R | Median sensory | 53.8 | 64 | 2.4 | 30 | |
Ulnar sensory | 27.5 | 58 | 2 | |||||||
Median motor | 11.7 | 59 | 3.4 | 24.1 | ||||||
Ulnar motor | 13.6 | 65 | 2.4 | 23.1 | ||||||
7 | M | 52 | R | L | Median sensory | 15.2 | 4.0 | 54 | ||
Median motor | 8.4 | 4.8 | ||||||||
Ulnar motor | 15.1 | 51 | 2.7 | |||||||
8 | F | 56 | R | R | Median sensory | 17 | 53 | 5.4 | 56 | |
Ulnar sensory | 24.2 | 74 | 1.7 | |||||||
Median motor | 8.8 | 7.1 | 31 | |||||||
Ulnar motor | 11 | 67 | 2.8 | 23.9 | ||||||
9 | F | 42 | R | R | Median sensory | 45.2 | 2.5 | 40 | ||
Ulnar sensory | 26.1 | 1.8 | ||||||||
Median motor | 11.8 | 55 | 3.9 | |||||||
10 | F | 55 | R | R | Median sensory | 63.5 | 66 | 2.8 | 55 | |
Ulnar sensory | 34.8 | 66 | 1.7 | |||||||
Median motor | 8.9 | 52 | 5 | 25.9 | ||||||
Ulnar motor | 14.9 | 73 | 3 | 25.4 | ||||||
11 | F | 48 | R | R | Median sensory | 51.1 | 62 | 2.6 | 47 | |
Ulnar sensory | 44.2 | 62 | 1.8 | |||||||
Median motor | 7.2 | 51 | 5.3 | 27.5 | ||||||
Ulnar motor | 15.1 | 64 | 2.7 | 25.7 | ||||||
12 | F | 47 | R | L | Median sensory | 84.6 | 63 | 2.5 | 46 | |
Ulnar sensory | 42.5 | 55 | 2 | |||||||
Median motor | 10 | 51 | 3.9 | 27.1 | ||||||
Ulnar motor | 13.9 | 67 | 3.1 | 25.8 | ||||||
13 | F | 60 | R | R | Median sensory | 27.7 | 59 | 3.6 | 59 | |
Ulnar sensory | 27.9 | 61 | 1.8 | |||||||
Median motor | 6.1 | 53 | 5.8 | 28.2 | ||||||
Ulnar motor | 9.9 | 63 | 2.9 | 25.8 |
Normal values are listed in Table 2. Sensory studies are orthodromic except patient 7, who had an antidromic median sensory study.
Amplitude values for sensory studies are microvolts and motor studies are millivolts.
Conduction velocities and F-wave latencies were normal for all nerve studies.