Table 2

Outcomes assessed in RCTs of surgical interventions for CTS at the level of impairment in body structures and body functions of the ICF
First Author/date
 Symptoms
 Motor function
 Sensory function
 Body structure


Pain, sensory, motor symptoms, sleep disturbance
 Grip
 Pinch
 MMT/thenar atrophy
 RoM
 Touch threshold
 2PD
 Vibration
 Nerve conduction or interstitial pressure
 Skin incisional complications
 Pillar pain, causalgia
Holmgren (1985)
 NS









Lowry (1988)
 NS









Mackinnon (1991)
 NS









Agee (1992)
 NS









Brown (1993)
 NS









Erdmann (1994)
 NS









Foulkes (1994)
 NS









Sennwald (1995)
 NS









Dumontier (1995)
 NS









Jacobsen (1996)
 NS









Leinberry (1997)










Citron (1997)
 NS









Nakamichi (1997)
 NS









Brüser (1999)
 NS









Mackenzie (2000)
 BCTQ









Trumble (2002)
 BCTQ









Jugovac (2002)
 NS









Shum (2002)
 BCTQ









Ferdinand (2002)
 NS









Borisch (2003)
 NS









Macdermid (2003)
 BCTQ









Saw (2003)
 BCTQ









Helm (2003)
 NS









Wong (2003)
 NS









Battacharya (2004)
 NS









Dias (2004)
 BCTQ









Kharwadkar (2005)
 BCTQ









Lorgelly (2005)
 BCTQ









Total = 28 studies
 27
 19
 14
 10
 3
 9
 11
 3
 9
 19
 18

NS = non-standardised, BCTQ – Boston Carpal Tunnel Questionnaire; MMT – manual muscle testing; 2PD – two = point discrimination

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