The Relationship Between Age and Carpal Tunnel Size

Mayo Clinic100 enrolled

Overview

Investigators hypothesis is that as human age increases, the size of the carpal tunnel decreases.

Participants will be taken to a hand examination room where a portable ultrasound (US) machine is present. A previously determined wrist will be examined for each of the participants. The US will be used to obtain measurements of the subjects carpal tunnel and median nerve at multiple levels in order to define its size.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

Purpose

DIAGNOSTIC

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

100

Conditions

Carpal Tunnel

Interventions

UltrasoundPROCEDURE

This ultrasound machine is owned by the department of orthopaedic surgery and is capable of up to 15 MHz image definition with its linear transducer

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Greater than age 18 having bilateral wrists amenable to ultrasound examination. Exclusion Criteria: * Active carpal tunnel syndrome, * history of carpal tunnel syndrome * any prior arm or hand surgery (including previous carpal tunnel release for any reason or previous surgery on the volar wrist) * distal radius fracture deformity * rheumatoid arthritis * open wounds or lesions of the hand or forearm * known congenital deformities of the upper extremity.

Locations (1)

Mayo Clinic in Florida

Jacksonville, Florida, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Size of carpal tunnel

using ultrasound imaging to determine size of carpal tunnel

Time frame: Baseline

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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