Choosing the most effcacious scoringmethod for carpal tunnel
syndromeCorrespondence: Hlya Ycel, PT, Asst. Prof. Bezmialem Vakf
niversitesi Salk Bilimleri Fakltesi,Fizyoterapi ve Rehabilitasyon
Blm, Adnan Menderes Bulvar, Fatih, 34093 Istanbul, Turkey.Tel: +90
212 523 22 88 e-mail: [email protected]: December
18, 2013 Accepted: May 21, 20142015 Turkish Association of
Orthopaedics and TraumatologyAvailable online atwww.aott.org.trdoi:
10.3944/AOTT.2015.13.0162QR (Quick Response) CodeORIGINAL
ARTICLEActa Orthop Traumatol Turc 2015;49(1):23-29doi:
10.3944/AOTT.2015.13.0162Hlya YCEL1, Hakan SEYTHANOLU21Department
of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Health Sciences,
Bezmialem Vakif University, Istanbul, Turkey;2Department of
Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Bezmialem Vakif University,
Istanbul, TurkeyObjective: Te aim of this study was to determine
the most ecacious hand-specic questionnaire to determine
functionality in patients with carpal tunnel syndrome.Methods: Te
study included 89 patients who underwent open carpal tunnel release
surgery within three years prior to the study. A visual analog
scale was used to assess the intensity of pain and
par-esthesiasymptoms.EachparticipantcompletedtheBostonCarpal
TunnelQuestionnaire(BCTQ), the Michigan Hand Outcome Questionnaire
(MHQ), the quick form of the Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and
Hand (DASH) questionnaire, and the Duruoz Hand Index (DHI). Te
BCTQ, pain
andparesthesiaresultswereassumedasgoldstandards.CorrelationsbetweentheMHQ,Quick-DASH,andtheDHIwereanalyzed.Acorrelationanalysisbetweenthevariableswastestedusing
Spearmans rho test or Pearsons test for variables.Results: Te
QuickDASH was well correlated with pain, paresthesia and the BCTQ
(p
