Cases Report of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome in Two Patients with Dyskinetic Cerebral Palsy: Two cases report.
- Author:
Sung Hee PARK
1
;
Soo Youn SON
;
Sang Hyoung HAN
;
Myoung Hwan KO
;
Jeong Hwan SEO
Author Information
1. Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Institute for Medical Sciences and Research Institute of Clinical Medicine, Chonbuk National University Medical School, Korea. apollon80@nate.com
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Dyskinetic cerebral palsy;
Carpal tunnel syndrome;
Wrist position
- MeSH:
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome;
Cerebral Palsy;
Electromyography;
Fingers;
Hand;
Humans;
Median Nerve;
Muscle Contraction;
Physical Examination;
Wrist
- From:Journal of the Korean Academy of Rehabilitation Medicine
2010;34(4):475-479
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is the most frequent entrapment mono-neuropathy, a pressure-induced neuropathy of the median nerve at the wrist. Two patients with dyskinetic cerebral palsy presented tingling sense of bilateral hands and marked flattening of both thenar eminences. In two patients, the involuntary dystonic muscle contractions kept the wrist position in hyperextension or more frequently, in hyperflexion with ulnar deviation and finger in flexion strongly. We performed careful history taking and physical examination, and then diagnosed bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome in two patients through medical workup including electromyography and ultrasonography. In this report, we present these cases and discuss their physiopathology.
