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Acta medica Croatica : Časopis Akademije medicinskih znanosti Hrvatske, Vol. 72 No. 4, 2018.

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PREVALENCE OF CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME IN PATIENTS WITH MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS

VIKTOR VIDOVIĆ ; Lipik Special Hospital for Medical Rehabilitation, Lipik, Croatia
MERISANDA ČASAR ROVAZDI ; Lipik Special Hospital for Medical Rehabilitation, Lipik, Croatia
SENKA RENDULIĆ SLIVAR ; Lipik Special Hospital for Medical Rehabilitation, Lipik, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Osijek, Croatia
VANJA BAŠIĆ KES ; Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Centre, Department of Neurology, Zagreb, Croatia
BOSILJKA NJEŽIĆ ; Lipik Special Hospital for Medical Rehabilitation, Lipik, Croatia
MARICA TOPIĆ ; Lipik Special Hospital for Medical Rehabilitation, Lipik, Croatia
KRISTINA DUMANČIĆ ; Lipik Special Hospital for Medical Rehabilitation, Lipik, Croatia

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Abstract

Objective: The aim of the study was to determine the prevalence of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). Patients and Methods: The study included MS patients older than 18 that underwent inpatient rehabilitation at the Lipik Hospital in the period from November 1, 2017 to 31 May 31, 2018. Those patients that had clinical symptoms of CTS were referred to neurologist for electrodiagnostic evaluation. Results: Out of 75 study patients, 21 (28.0%) had CTS. There were no statistically signifi cant differences between the groups of patients with and without CTS according to age (t=0.582, p=0.562), gender (t=0.43, p=0.669), disease duration (t=0.669, p=0.506), level of disability (t=0.094, p=0.926), and course of disease (t=0.572, p=0.569). There was positive correlation between CTS prevalence and EDSS score ≥6 (rs=0.34, p=0.030) and between CTS severity and age (rs=0.464, p=0.034). Conclusion: Given the high prevalence and the fact that CTS symptoms could be misunderstood as MS symptoms, there is the need to actively look for CTS in patients with MS, especially those using assistive walking devices.

Keywords

multiple sclerosis; carpal tunnel syndrome; electrodiagnostic evaluation

Hrčak ID:

216430

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/216430

Publication date:

30.1.2019.

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