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45.2words per minute, 8 to 10 days after surgery
Eight to ten days after open carpal tunnel release, average typing speed fell to 45.2 words per minute, a drop the authors call statistically significant.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“Average typing speed decreased significantly from 49.7 ± 2.7 words-per-minute (WPM) preoperatively to 45.2 ± 3.1 WPM at 8–10 days postoperatively.”
The Effect of Carpal Tunnel Release on Typing Performance, Justin W Zumsteg et al., The Journal of Hand Surgery, 2016, Results.
Open the original (DOI 10.1016/j.jhsa.2016.10.005)- What it measures
- This is the first typing test after surgery in the study.
- What it does not show
- The drop is an average across 27 patients, and individual results varied.