Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is medial nerve compression at the wrist and has a variety of causes such as repetitive stress, resulting in overuse micratraum


Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is medial nerve compression at the wrist and has a variety of causes such as repetitive stress, resulting in overuse micratrauma, physical injury, or an underlying medical condition. Shown are the major wrist components involved in this painful condition: median nerve,transverse carpal ligament,common digital nerves, hamate, carpal tunnel,flexor digitorum profundus, flexor digitorum superficialis, flexor pollicis longus, trapezium, thenar musculature.


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