Lucantoni C, Lipponi G, Gasparrini P M, Cadeddu G, Spazzafumo L, Gaetti R
Divisione di Medicina Geriatrica, INRCA, Ancona.
Minerva Med. 1993 Feb;84(1-2):39-43.
The authors evaluated 406 patients affected by carpal tunnel syndrome diagnosed by clinical and electromyographic data. Diabetes mellitus was recognized in 57 subjects. The others constituted the control group. The severity of the syndrome was similar in both groups. Also similar was the interval between onset and clinical diagnosis. Such parameters and the severity of the syndrome showed no modification with age in the diabetic group. In the control group, carpal tunnel syndrome was more pronounced in the aged patients, presumably for the longest latency of disease. Carpal tunnel syndrome onset was later in diabetic subjects compared the control. At lastly we found a prevalence of bilaterality in diabetics, and an M/F rate comparable in both groups, as described by other authors.
