Carpal tunnel syndrome following automobile collisions
Haas, D.C.; Nord, S.G.; Bome, M.P.
Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 62(5): 204-206
1981
ISSN/ISBN: 0003-9993 PMID: 7235907 Document Number: 365
Seven patients developed symptoms and signs of carpal tunnel syndrome after vehicles they were driving were involved in collisions. Nerve conduction studies showed median nerve impairment at the wrist in 4 patients and suggested it in the other three. The presence of carpal tunnel syndrome was confirmed in every patient by the relief of symptoms following surgical division of the volar carpal ligament. The findings suggest that injuries inflicted on nonneural structures of the carpal tunnel when the patient was gripping the steering wheel led to chronic compression of the median nerve within the tunnel.
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