Carpal tunnel syndrome: a question of hand and wrist configurations

This study investigated whether there is an association between hand and wrist configurations and the occurrence of carpal tunnel syndrome. The external hand and wrist dimensions of 50 subjects with carpal tunnel syndrome and 50 healthy volunteers were measured and compared. In addition carpal tunnel depth and width were determined with ultrasound. Our results showed that the hand length was significantly higher in the control group (hand length, 19.0; SD, 1.0 cm: patients ’ hand length, 18.2; SD, 1.1 cm) and the palm width was significantly greater in the patients ’ group (pal