{¹Associate Professor, Department of Medicine} {²Associate Professor, Department of Orthopaedics}

Government Medical College, Jammu, INDIA.

Email: thakuramit2277@gmail.com

 REFERENCES

1. Atroshi I, Gummesson C, Johnsson R, Ornsein E, Ranstam J, Rosen I. Prevalence of carpal tunnel syndrome in a general population. JAMA. 1999 Jul 14;282(2):153–158.
2. De Krom M, Knipschild PG, Kester ADM, Thijs CT, Boekkooi PF, Spaans F. Carpal tunnel syndrome – prevalence in the general-population. J Clin Epidemiol. 1992 Apr;45(4):373–376.
3. Stevens JC, Sun S, Beard CM, Ofallon WM, Kurland LT. Carpal tunnel syndrome in Rochester, Minnesota, 1961 to 1980. Neurology. 1988 Jan;38(1):134–138
4. Gupta, S., and Benstead, T. (1997). Symptoms Experienced by Patients with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences / Journal Canadien Des Sciences Neurologiques,24(4), 338-342.
5. Nora DB, Becker J, Ehlers JA, Gomes I (2005) What symptoms are truly caused by median nerve compression in carpal tunnel syndrome? Clin Neurophysiol 116:275–283
6. Zanette G, Marani S, Tamburin S (2006) Extra-median spread of sensory symptoms in carpal tunnel syndrome suggest the presence of pain-related mechanisms. Pain 122:264–2
7. Zanette G, Marani S, Tamburin S (2007) Proximal pain in patients with carpal tunnel syndrome. A clinical neurophysiological study. J Peripher Nerv Syst 12:91–97
8. Geoghegan JM, Clark DI, Bainbridge LC, Smith C, Hubbard R. Risk factors in carpal tunnel syndrome. J Hand Surg. 2004;29:315–20.
9. Karpitskaya Y, Novak CB, Mackinnon SE. Prevalence of smoking, obesity, diabetes mellitus, and thyroid disease in patients with carpal tunnel syndrome. Ann plast surg. 2002;48(3):269–73. 
10. Solomon DH, Katz JN, Bohn R, Mogun H, Avorn J. Nonoccupational risk factors for carpal tunnel syndrome. Journal of general int med. 1999;14(5):310–14.
11. de Krom MC, Knipschild PG, Kester AD, Spaans F. Efficacy of provocative tests for diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome. Lancet. 1990;335:393–395.
12. Katz JN, Larson MG, Sabra A, et al.The carpal tunnel syndrome: Diagnostic utility of the history and physical examination findings. Ann Intern Med. 1990;112:321–327
13. Werner RA, Andary M. Electrodiagnostic evaluation of carpal tunnel syndrome.Muscle Nerve. 2011 Oct;44(4):597–607.
14. Goyal V, Bhatia M, Padma MV, et al.Electrophysiological evaluation of 140 hands with carpal tunnel syndrome. J Assoc Physicians India 2001;49:1070-3.
15. Nakhosin Ansari, Noureddin and Adelmanesh, Farhad and Naghdi, et al. The relationship between symptoms, clinical tests and nerve conduction study findings in carpal tunnel syndrome. Electromyography and clinical neurophysiology.2009Jan –Feb; 49(1). 53-7. 
16. Tay LB, Urkude R, Verma KK. Clinical profile, electrodiagnosis and outcome in patients with carpal tunnel syndrome: a Singapore perspective. Singapore Med J 2006;47(12):1049-52.
17.  Malibary HM, Al-Najjar AT, Yassen DM, et al. Clinical profile of carpal tunnel syndrome in a teaching hospital. Pak J Med Sci 2013;29(1):119-21. 
18. Leighton Chan, MD, MPH, Judith A. Turner, PhD, Bryan A. Phys Med Rehabil 2007;88:19-24. Objective: To examine whether, in patients with carpal
19. Khan F, Shehna A, Ramesh S, Sandhya KS, Paul R. Subjective symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome correlate more with psychological factors than electrophysiological severity. Ann Indian Acad Neurol 2017;20:69-72
20. Itsubo, T., Uchiyama, S., Momose, T. et al.Electrophysiological responsiveness and quality of life (QuickDASH, CTSI) evaluation of surgically treated carpal tunnel syndrome. J Orthop Sci 2009;14(1):17-23
21. L. Longstaff, R. H. Milner, S. O'Sullivan, P. Fawcett Carpal tunnel syndrome: the correlation between outcome, symptoms and nerve conduction study findings. J Hand Surg Br. 2001 Oct; 26(5): 475–480. 
22. de Campos, C. C., Manzano, G. M., Leopoldino, J. F., Nobrega, J. A., Sanudo, A., de Araujo, P. C., et al.(2004). The relationship between symptoms and electrophysiological detected compression of the median nerve at the wrist. Acta Neurologica Scandinavica,110, 398–402
23. de la Llave-Rincón AI1, Fernández-de-las-Peñas C, Laguarta-Val S, et al..Increased pain sensitivity is not associated with electrodiagnostic findings in women with carpal tunnel syndrome.Clin J Pain. 2011 Nov-Dec;27(9):747-54. 
24. Schrijver HM, Gerritsen AA, Strijers RL, Uitdehaag BM, Scholten RJ, de Vet HC, et al. Correlating nerve conduction studies and clinical outcome measures on carpal tunnel syndrome: Lessons from a randomized controlled trial. J Clin Neurophysiol. 2005;22:216–21.
25. Makanji HS, Zhao M, Mudgal CS, et al.Correspondence between clinical presentation and electrophysiological testing for potential carpal tunnel syndrome. J Hand Surg Eur Vol. 2013;38:489–495.
26. Truini A, Padua L, Biasiotta A, Caliandro P, et al. Differential involvement of A-delta and A-beta fibres in neuropathic pain related to carpal tunnel syndrome. Pain. 2009 Sep;145(1-2):105-9. 
27. Nunez, Fiesky et al. “Determinants of pain in patients with carpal tunnel syndrome.” Clinical orthopaedics and related research vol. 468,12 (2010): 3328-32.