J Korean Acad Rehabil Med.  2000 Aug;24(4):710-717.

Quantitative Measurement of Current Perception Threshold in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

• Kang YK
• Seo KS
• Park EM
• Lee CH

Abstract

OBJECTIVE
To compare current perception threshold with nerve conduction study, we measured current perception threshold (CPT) in healthy control and patients with carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). METHOD: Twenty control subjects and twenty patients with CTS were included. Latency and amplitude of median and ulnar motor and sensory nerves were measured. The sensory current perception threshold was measured at the distal interphalangeal joint of third and fifth fingers and the palm with electrical current of 5 Hz, 250 Hz, and 2,000 Hz in frequency. We compared the results of the nerve conduction study with the data of the CPT.
RESULTS
We found that measuring of the sensory threshold might detect carpal tunnel syndrome, especially with 2,000 Hz and 250 Hz stimulation and that CPT data correlated to sensory latency and amplitude of the median nerve.
CONCLUSION
The sensory threshold test might be useful for diagnosis and follow up test in carpal tunnel syndrome.

Keyword

Carpal tunnel syndrome; Sensory; Current perception; Threshold; Nerve conduction

MeSH Terms

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome*
Diagnosis
Fingers
Humans
Joints
Median Nerve
Neural Conduction
Sensory Thresholds