title: Italian multicentre study of carpal tunnel syndrome. Differences in the clinical and neurophysiological features between male and female patients.
abstract: The Italian Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Study Group has carried out a multicentre study on 1123 hands with idiopathic carpal tunnel syndrome. We have compared the findings on clinical examination, the neurophysiological data and a patient-oriented assessment in men and women. The patient-oriented assessment showed that men complain of less discomfort than women; clinical examination was similar in the two populations and neurophysiological investigations showed greater changes in men.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Neurology, Catholic University, Rome, Italy. lpadua@mclink.it
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Padua
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Padua
authors.lastname: Aprile
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tonali
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D002349:Carpal Tunnel Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery; D004568:Electrodiagnosis / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D012307:Risk Factors; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D017678:Sex Distribution; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric