Inter- and intra-rater reliability of carpal tunnel volume measurement

Anderson, Drew A.; Miller, Mackenzie; Agur, Anne; Oliver, Michele; Gordon, Karen D.

doi:10.1080/21681163.2021.2009375

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“…Precise FE and RUD angles of each posture were measured using inertia-based coordinate systems of the third metacarpal and the distal portion of the radius captured in the scan [ 15 ]. Three-dimensional carpal tunnel surface meshes with proximal and distal boundaries were generated for each scan based on previously described methods using anatomical landmarks of the transverse carpal ligament (TCL) [ 8 , 16 ].…”

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Carpal tunnel volume distribution and morphology changes with flexion-extension and radial-ulnar deviation wrist postures

2022

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Non-neutral wrist postures have been reported to cause decreased carpal tunnel volume (CTV) contributing to impingement of the median nerve and development of carpal tunnel syndrome. Recent analysis found CTV did not change with ±20° flexion-extension (FE), however, CTV decreased with ulnar deviation over the range of -5° to 15° radial-ulnar deviation (RUD). These findings suggest CTV may be too coarse of a measure to reflect the effects of slight non-neutral postures, or that volume is conserved and redistributed due to changes in tunnel morphology with posture. The objective of this study was to assess volume distribution along the length of the carpal tunnel and to quantify regional morphology changes with deviated wrist postures in both FE and RUD. Analysis was performed on a dataset of computed tomography scans collected on ten cadaveric specimens (5 male, 5 female, mean age = 80.7 ± 10.9 years) over a range of FE and RUD postures. The carpal tunnel of each scan was divided into four quartiles of equal length along the tunnel to quantify volume distribution. Volume within the carpal tunnel was seen to redistribute with both FE and RUD. Decreased volume in the distal aspect of the tunnel with flexion and proximal aspect of the tunnel with ulnar deviation may contribute to localized compression of the medial nerve. Measures of mean cross-sectional area, width and depth by quartile provided an indication of the morphology changes associated volume redistribution. Morphology analysis also revealed twisting between the proximal and distal aspects of the tunnel which increased with flexion and ulnar deviation and may further contribute to strain on the median nerve.

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