Case Report
Year: 2022 | Month: September | Volume: 12 | Issue: 9 | Pages: 178-183
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijhsr.20220924
Compression of Median Nerve at the Carpal Tunnel and Pronator Teres Syndrome - A Case Report
Yash Limbachiya1, Megha Sheth2, Payal Gahlot3, Zarna Shah4
1Post Graduate Student, S.B.B. College of Physiotherapy, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
2Lecturer, S.B.B., College of Physiotherapy, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
3Lecturer,S.B.B., S.B.B. College of Physiotherapy, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
4Junior Lecturer, S.B.B. College of Physiotherapy, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
Corresponding Author: Yash Limbachiya
ABSTRACT
The median nerve can be compressed at four sites in its course - under the ligament of Struthers, between the two heads of the pronator teres, at bicipital aponeurosis and at the carpal tunnel. The presentation for each may be similar. But the management for each would be different focusing on the site of affection. Presenting the diagnosis and management of a case of carpal tunnel syndrome along with proximal compression of the median nerve.
Key words: Median Nerve Compression, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Pronator Teres Syndrome, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Questionnaire, Pronator Compression Test.