title: MR imaging of the wrist in carpal tunnel syndrome.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine whether specific parameters measured on MR images correlated to electrophysiological changes in carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS).
  
  
  METHODS
  Prospective clinical examinations were made of 20 patients with suspected CTS. We performed bilateral electrophysiological examinations of the median nerve and bilateral MR imaging of the wrists.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The electrophysiological examination suggested median nerve entrapment in 18 wrists. These wrists were compared to the remaining 22 electrophysiologically normal wrists. In addition, we compared both wrists in 12 patients with unilateral symptoms of CTS without reference to the electrophysiological findings. We found no difference in specific MR parameters between the 2 groups.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Neither symptoms nor electrophysiological findings in CTS were related to specific MR parameters.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Vejle Hospital, Denmark.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bak
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bak
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gaster
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mathiesen
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ellemann
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bertheussen
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Zeeberg
mesh_terms: D002348:Carpal Bones / Q000473:pathology; D002349:Carpal Tunnel Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D004568:Electrodiagnosis; D004594:Electrophysiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008475:Median Nerve / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D009431:Neural Conduction / Q000502:physiology; D011446:Prospective Studies; D014955:Wrist Joint / Q000473:pathology*