Power grip, pinch grip, manual muscle testing or thenar atrophy - which should be assessed as a motor outcome after carpal tunnel decompression? A systematic review

Jo Geere; Rachel Chester; Swati Kale; Christina Jerosch-Herold

doi:10.1186/1471-2474-8-114

Power grip, pinch grip, manual muscle testing or thenar atrophy - which should be assessed as a motor outcome after carpal tunnel decompression? A systematic review

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Abstract

Objective assessment of motor function is frequently used to evaluate outcome after surgical treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). However a range of outcome measures are used and there appears to be no consensus on which measure of motor function effectively captures change. The purpose of this systematic review was to identify the methods used to assess motor function in randomized controlled trials of surgical interventions for CTS. A secondary aim was to evaluate which instruments reflect clinical change and are psychometrically robust.

Original language	English
Article number	114
Journal	BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
Volume	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-8-114
Publication status	Published - 20 Nov 2007

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