Carpal Compression Test

Nerve conduction studies (NCS) or EMG tests are considered the gold standards for the diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) (Werner and Andary, 2002). However, these assessments are not only costly and not always available to many clinicians, but they also show false negatives and false positives in identifying CTS (Witt et al., 2004). Therefore, numerous clinical tests have been proposed to…