DIAGNOSIS CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME USING SHEAR WAVES ELASTOMETRY
Carpal tunnel syndrome - a combination of clinical symptoms caused by compression of the median nerve at the wrist (carpal tunnel) and is the most common form of neuropathy. «Gold stan-dard» diagnostic electromyography is, but it has a low sensitivity (70-80%). Therefore, an attempt to evaluate the performance of elastometry shear waves in the carpal tunnel syndrome. The study involved 100 people aged over 18, 173 hand with typical clinic carpal tunnel syndrome. The study involved 25 healthy individuals (50 hands). Emean, Emax, SD of the median nerve at the carpal canal in patients with carpal tunnel syndrome was significantly higher compared to control.