Sufferers of a common and agonising wrist condition that takes years to heal could get a pioneering new procedure that eradicates pain in minutes. More than 340,000 people in the UK suffer with carpal ...

High-resolution ultrasound seems to be a reliable modality for imaging the wrist, especially for evaluating carpal tunnel syndrome. “Ultrasound is gaining use in musculoskeletal diagnostics in the ...

Background Conclusive evidence indicating an effective treatment for carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), a common entrapment neuropathy, is lacking. Ultrasound therapy (US therapy) has long been used as one ...

Carpal tunnel syndrome is the most common compression neuropathy and it affects nearly 12 million Americans and up to 7% of manual labor workers. More than 500,000 carpal tunnel releases are performed ...

Dear Mayo Clinic: I have carpal tunnel syndrome that used to bother me only at night. Wearing a splint helped, but, now, my symptoms are noticeable throughout the day, as well. Does this mean surgery ...

Researchers say hydrodissection injections may help relieve pain caused by carpal tunnel syndrome. However, not all experts agree it is the best option for this common wrist ailment. They say a wrist ...

A new wrist health sensor has been developed that could help tackle a "silent killer" responsible for millions of deaths worldwide - high blood pressure. Glaswegian company Novosound has shown off a ...

The Institutional Review Board of our hospital (Taipei Tzuchi Hospital Institutional Review Board Committee) approved this study, and patients provided informed consent prior to the study. Sixty ...