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Diagnosis

Diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome is based on the history of symptoms, presence of risk factors, physical and neurological examination, and diagnostic tests.


Neurological examination includes testing the muscle that abducts the thumb away from the palm (called the abductor pollicis brevis), as well as the ability to bend the thumb toward the palm (flexion) and ability to move the thumb toward the other fingers (opposition). Tinel's sign (tapping the palm sharply produces t...Read the full article