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In a Taiwan hospital review of 866 referred patients, 20 percent had carpal tunnel syndrome alone, without a neck nerve problem.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“151 (20%) patients were diagnosed to have sole cases of CTS; 362 (47%) patients were diagnosed to have sole cases of CR; 198 (26%) patients were diagnosed to have DCS, while 54 (7%) patients had mere symptoms.”
Clinical and electrodiagnostic features in patients with carpal tunnel syndrome, double crush syndrome, and cervical radiculopathy, SF Lo et al., Rheumatology International, 2011, Results.
Open the original- What it measures
- The 866 patients had suspected carpal tunnel syndrome or cervical radiculopathy. After 101 with confounding conditions were excluded, the remaining patients were sorted into four groups by electrodiagnostic testing.
- What it does not show
- Referred hospital patients, retrospective. CR means cervical radiculopathy, and DCS means double crush syndrome.