Purpose: The etiology of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) has been indicated as multi-factorial.
Symptoms are used as part of the diagnostic process of the disease. If patients from
2 different cultures express the same symptoms, it will strengthen the validity of
these symptoms as universal acceptable symptoms of disease from a patient perspective.
Information is lacking how symptoms are related to morphology of the wrist of patients
with CTS. The Carpal Tunnel Symptom Severity Scale, in short CTS3, was developed to
assess each symptom on its own merit. The scale uses a 5-point ordinal scale and was
translated into Turkish. A method of morphologic ultrasonography (USG) was developed
in Turkey to assess the morphology of patients with CTS.
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© 2007 Hanley & Belfus. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
