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Department of Physiotherapy
Faculty of Health Science
University Of Muhammadiyah Malang
Introduction
Anatomy (Video)
Symptoms
+ Numbness, tingling in the tumb and index, middle and radial half of
the fingers, burning pain ,distal forarm pain, diminished grip and
pinch strength and loss of sensation
+ Symptom may vary day to day
The Progress
+ The final symptoms are weakness and atrophy of muscles of the thenar
eminence. These combined effects of sensory deprivation and weakness may
result in a complaint of clumsiness and loss of grip and pinch strength or
dropping things
Proximal edge of the transverse
carpal ligament
NCV
Standard of CTS
Diagnostic MRI
ULTRASOUND
Physical Therapy
Management
Modalities IR
Electrophysical
LASER Agent
TENS
ULTRASOUND
Manual Therapy
Ergonomic Task
Modification modification
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Validation of a one-stop carpal tunnel clinic including nerve conduction studies
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93(8), pp. 634-638.
+ Carp, Stephen J. 2015. Peripheral Nerve Injury : An Anatomical and
Physiological Approach for Physical Therapy Intervention.Philadelphia : F.A
Davis Company
+ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iYxrZKAZU&feature=emb_logo
+ Jerosch-Herold, C., Houghton, J., Miller, L., & Shepstone, L. (2016). Does
sensory relearning improve tactile function after carpal tunnel decompression?
A pragmatic, assessor-blinded, randomized clinical trial. The Journal of hand
surgery, European volume, 41(9), 948–956.
+ Martin, Suzanne., Kessler, Mary. 2016. Neurological Interventions For Physical
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