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The authors state that patients with symptoms in one hand are frequently found to have carpal tunnel syndrome on both sides when tested electrodiagnostically.
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
In the source's own words
“Patients who have unilateral symptoms are frequently found to have bilateral CTS by electrodiagnostic (EDx) study”
Prevalence and predictive factors for bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome by electrodiagnosis: A retrospective study, Apiradee Singjam and Kanchana Charoentanyarak, PLoS One, 2021, Introduction.
Open the original (DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0260578)- What it measures
- The authors set out to measure how often bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome occurs by nerve testing, and which factors predict it.
- What it does not show
- This is the authors' starting point, stated before their results. The study's own rate, 80.7 percent, comes from a referred hospital group.