The Six-Item CTS Symptoms Scale and Palmar Pain Scale in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.

Summary, in English

To evaluate measurement properties of 2 brief outcome measures for carpal tunnel syndrome: the 6-item carpal tunnel symptoms scale (CTS-6) and the 2-item palmar pain scale (measuring severity of pain in the scar/palm and pain-related activity limitation). Our hypothesis was that the CTS-6 is responsive to change in symptoms after surgical treatment and the pain scale is a valid measure of surgery-related pain.

• Author: Isam Atroshi; Per-Erik Lyrén; Ewald Ornstein; Christina Gummesson
• Department/s: Orthopaedics (Lund); Human Movement: health and rehabilitation
• Publishing year: 2011
• Language: English
• Pages: 788-794
• Publication/Series: The Journal of Hand Surgery
• Volume: 36
• Issue: 5
• Links: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21527135?dopt=Abstract; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhsa.2011.02.021
• Document type: Journal article
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Topic: Physiotherapy; Orthopedics
• Status: Published
• Research group: Human Movement: health and rehabilitation
• ISBN/ISSN/Other: ISSN: 1531-6564