Accuracy of Ultrasonography for the Diagnosis of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
8753695	Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation	2018	47 Pages	PDF

Abstract

Both ultrasonography measurements for the diagnosis of CTS showed sufficient accuracy for their use in clinical settings, although the overall accuracy was slightly higher for inlet-level than for outlet-level measurements. The addition of outlet and inlet measurements does not increase the accuracy for the diagnosis. Therefore, the inlet-level ultrasonography measurement appears to be an appropriate method for the diagnosis of CTS.

Keywords

hierarchical summary receiver operating characteristic HSROC CTS NLR PLR AUC Rehabilitation DOR Ultrasonography Median nerve confidence interval area under the curve positive likelihood ratio negative likelihood ratio diagnostic odds ratio Carpal tunnel syndrome median neuropathy