Carpal Tunnel Syndrome in the Very Elderly: Clinical, Electrodiagnostic, and Ultrasound Features in a Cohort of 187 Patients
The very elderly patients appear to seek medical care only when the CTS has become severe. The primary care physicians should look for signs and symptoms of CTS in the very elderly and encourage prompt treatment. Surgeons should be cognizant of the differences in the clinical, EDX, and US studies in the very elderly patient cohort with CTS. US is highly useful in evaluating CTS when the EDX studies become non-localizing in severe CTS, as often seen in the very elderly patients.
Authors
- Lisa B. E. Shields (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1526-4063)
- Vasudeva G. Iyer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7411-4575)
- Theresa Kluthe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-6610-6355)
- Christopher B. Shields (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4450-8135)
- Yi Ping Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4919-8885)
Institutions
- University of Louisville (US)
- Norton Healthcare (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Neurology International
- Published
- 2025-08-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/neurolint17090137
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Peripheral Nerve Disorders
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.72
Funders
- University of Louisville