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Carpal Compression Test | Carpal Tunnel Syndrome<\/h2>\nThe definitive diagnosis of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome requires nerve conduction testing and or EMG testing BUT these are costly and not readily available to many clinicians. Therefore, physical examination tests such as the Tinel sign and Phalen\u2019s test have been developed but they don\u2019t yield high accuracy. More recently, the carpal compression test was proposed and showed higher diagnostic accuracy over the Tinel sign and Phalen's test. Almasi-Doghaee et al. (2016)<\/a> report a sensitivity of 80.6% and specificity of 52.9% which translates to rather poor likelihood ratios and which is why we still regard the clinical value as weak.\n
\n\n[embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OfDuo3CPX1o[\/embed]\n\n<\/div>\nTo conduct the test, the patient\u2019s forearm is supinated and the examiner compresses the carpal tunnel between the thenar and hypothenar eminence for 30 seconds.\n\nThe test is considered positive if symptoms such as paresthesia, numbness, and dull pain in the median nerve territory are reproduced.\n\nOther common tests to assess Carpal Tunnel Syndrome are:\n