title: The carpal tunnel syndrome. Anatomo-clinical correlations.
abstract: We review a series of 1,280 operated cases of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), with an unexpected high frequency of transverse muscular fibers within the carpal canal (11%), particularly in a group of young male patients under 30 years of age. This abnormal presence of muscle fibers could explain the early development of CTS in young male workers.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento Scienze Neurologiche e Psichiatriche Padova School of Medicine, University of Padova, Padova (Italy). ivoiob@ux1.unipd.it
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Iob
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Battaggia
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rossetto
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ermani
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002349:Carpal Tunnel Syndrome / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000473:pathology*; D017678:Sex Distribution; D014955:Wrist Joint / Q000473:pathology