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Provocative test for carpal tunnel syndrome.

J Hand Ther

January 2005

Department of Traumatology and Vertebrology, Kharkov Medical Academy for Postgraduate Education, Regional Center of Reconstructive Hand Surgery, Kharkov, Ukraine.

A new clinical provocative test for diagnosing carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is described. The examiner uses his or her fingers to simultaneously exert dorsal pressure on the first metacarpal and pisotriquetral complex and volar pressure on the lunate. The test result is considered positive if symptoms of CTS are reproduced.

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