J Korean Orthop Res Soc.  2011 Dec;14(2):57-66.

The Current Concepts for the Pathophysiology of Idiopathic Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

• Oh JR
• Yi CH

Abstract

Idiopathic carpal tunnel syndrome is the most common compressive peripheral neuropathy. Recently, the radiologic, histologic, biomechanical studies for idiopathic carpal tunnel syndrome have been performed in view point of its pathophysiology. Through this paper, Authors have reviewed the recent reported studies for the pathophysiology of idiopathic carpal tunnel syndrome and tried to suggest direction in future study.

Keyword

Carpal tunnel syndrome; Idiopathic

MeSH Terms

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Peripheral Nervous System Diseases