Patient_Reported_Outcome_Measures_in_Rheumatic_Diseases

337 (standard clinical test used to diagnose carpal tunnel syndrome), (4) loss of 2-point discrimination (feeling 2 separate poi ...

338 Kamath and Stothard Questionnaire A clinical questionnaire developed in 2003 [ 49 ] for the diagnosis of CTS and to assess w ...

339 The CTS-PROMs severity scale [ 52 ] is another self-administered questionnaire for global assessment of symptoms severity an ...

340 improved scores have been reported for both DASH domains at 3 months [ 56 ] and at 6 months follow-up post-CT decompression ...

341 Fig. 13.1 Role of PROMs in the quality of care provided to carpal tunnel syndrome patients Fig. 13.2 Grayscale ultrasound us ...

Fig. 13.3 Grayscale ultrasound using Esaote Mylab 25 system. Palmer transverse view at the proximal inlet of the carpal tunnel, ...

343 patients’ histories. It is an interesting theory that emphasizes the vascular etiology of the disorder. Alternatively, it ma ...

344 conduction velocity test, the authors reported the added information from the electro- diagnostic test was not enough to cha ...

345 hemorrhage and swelling secondary to blunt trauma, and swellings such as ganglion cysts or lipomas. However, the commonest c ...

346 outcome measures booked its place as the best tool for this task. Using a responsive outcome measure will facilitate the det ...

347 assess the ability of self-reported measures to predict treatment response in CTS patients revealed that the patients who ha ...

348 a primary end point. A multidimensional model of predictors was implemented including patient-reported management outcomes, ...

349 Conclusion CTS is the most well-known and frequent form of median nerve entrapment, and accounts for 90 % of all entrapment ...

350 Appendix 2: Carpal Tunnel PROMs diagnosis questionnaire Y. El Miedany ...

351 Appendix 3: Carpal Tunnel Severity Index 13 PROMs for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome ...

352 References Phalen GS. The carpal-tunnel syndrome: seventeen years’ experience in diagnosis and treat- ment of six hundred f ...

353 Katz JN, Gelberman RH, Wright EA, Lew RA, Liang MH. Responsiveness of self-reported and objective measures of disease sever ...

354 Macey AC, Burke FD. Outcomes of hand surgery. J Hand Surg. 1995;20-B:841–55. Forward DP, Singh AK, Lawrence TM, Sithole JS, ...

355 Gelberman RH, Hergenroeder PT, Hargens AR, et al. The carpal tunnel syndrome: a study of carpal canal pressures. J Bone Joi ...

© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016 357 Y. El Miedany (ed.), Patient Reported Outcome Measures in Rheumatic Dis ...