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One year after delivery, the median nerve's sensory conduction remained delayed in 84 percent of women with carpal tunnel syndrome that began in pregnancy, even though their symptoms had improved.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“Despite improvement of symptoms, distal sensory conduction velocity of the median nerve improved but remained delayed in 84% of women one year after delivery.”
Long term follow-up of carpal tunnel syndrome during pregnancy: a cohort study and review of the literature, Mauro Mondelli et al., Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology, 2007, Abstract.
Open the original- What it measures
- The 45 women were tested with nerve conduction studies during pregnancy and again at one year after delivery.
- What it does not show
- Nerve tests and symptoms do not always match. Symptom relief does not prove the nerve has fully recovered, and the cohort is small.