Carpal tunnel syndrome usually affects the thumb, index, middle finger and ring finger. Sometimes the pain travels up the arm to the elbow or even to the shoulder, and many people experience symptoms ...

Abstract: Soft actuators designed for finger assistance typically provide adequate support for flexion, but often cannot provide effective support for abduction and thumb opposition. In a previous ...

using an elastic band to provide resistance to thumb extension, thumb abduction and finger extension using Play-Doh rolling and forming into a ring to provide resistance to thumb and finger extension, ...

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Objectives To describe the prevalence, incidence and surgical management of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), between 1993 and 2013, as recorded in the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD). Design ...

Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) appeared more than twice as frequently in patients before rheumatoid arthritis (RA) diagnosis than in those without RA, suggesting that CTS could serve as an early ...

RA differs from other forms of arthritis — and from carpal tunnel — in that it is almost always symmetrical; if you have joint pain and swelling in the thumb joint in one hand, the same joint will be ...

Previous studies suggested that rheumatoid arthritis is a risk factor for nerve compression syndromes, among which carpal tunnel syndrome is the most common. Whether such syndromes may precede ...