MUSCLE & NERVE - Volume 22, Issue 11, 1999 pages 1587-1589

Abstract
We describe a maneuvre that eases or abolishes paresthesias in carpal tunnel syndrome. With the affected hand palm up, the distal metacarpal heads are gently squeezed together; in some instances stretch of digits III and IV is also required. This maneuvre may help in the clinical diagnosis of carpai tunnel syndrome, can be useful as a means of relieving symptoms, and provides the basis for the design of an innovative splint.

Gabriele Manente (MD1),  Filomena Torrieri (MD2),  Filippo Pineto (MD3) and Antonio Uncini (MD2)

1 Neurology Service, "S. Stefano" Institute of Rehabilitation, Porto Picenza, Italy
2 Clinica Neurologica, Ospedale Clinicizzato "SS Annunziata" University "G. D'annunzio" Via dei Vestini,
   I-66013, Chiety, Italy
3 Division of Neurosurgery, Ospedale Civile, Teramo, Italy

Keywords
carpal tunnel syndrome; relief maneuvre; neurophysiological classification

© 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Muscle and Nerve 22: 1587-1589, 1999

Accepted 3 July 1999