OBJECTIVE: To verify whether the distribution of paresthesias in @entity1 with @entity923 ( @entity923 ) is related to the degree of the neurophysiological involvement. METHODS: We performed a cross-sectional study and retrospectively evaluated 163 @entity1 who referred to our electromyography lab and to which a clinical and electrophysiological diagnosis of @entity923 was made. We divided the @entity1 into two groups: (1) @entity1 complaining of paresthesias at the hand as a whole and (2) @entity1 with paresthesias in the territory of the median nerve. We referred to the distribution of paresthesias at the hand as GLOVE and to the distribution in the territory of the median nerve as MEDIAN. We compared the neurophysiological impairment in GLOVE and MEDIAN distributions. Moreover, we performed multiple regression analysis to evaluate which clinical-neurophysiological variables determined GLOVE and MEDIAN distribution. RESULTS: In our sample, 70.4% of @entity1 had GLOVE distribution and 29.6% of @entity1 MEDIAN distribution. The risk of presenting MEDIAN distribution increases about twice (OR = 2.07; 95% IC: 1.51-2.83) for each unitary increment of neurophysiological class. CONCLUSIONS: The distribution of paresthesias reflects the degree of @entity16 at wrist; @entity1 suffering of SEV/EXT @entity923 present MEDIAN distribution. SIGNIFICANCE: Our data have important clinical implications because they strongly suggest that we have to consider the possibility of a severe neurophysiological involvement of the median nerve at wrist in @entity1 complaining of MEDIAN distribution.

Distribution of paresthesias in XXXX reflects the degree of @entity16 at wrist.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity923 :: ('MESH:D002349', 'Disease') :: ['CTS', 'Carpal Tunnel Syndrome'] @entity16 :: ('MESH:D009422', 'Disease') :: ['nerve damage']
@entity923 :: (MESH:D002349,Disease) :: ['Carpal Tunnel Syndrome']
