Carpal tunnel syndrome in terms of biomechanics. Literature review

Carpal tunnel syndrome is mononeuropathy (damage to one peripheral nerve) of the median nerve as consequence of its compression by surrounding tissues. Carpal syndrome is included in the group of tunnel neuropathies, of which more than 30 forms are described in the literature, and accounts for up to 9 % of all lesions of peripheral nerves of various etiologies. The prevalence of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) among people is 150-276 people per 100,000 people. About 4-5 % of the working-age population aged 40 to 60 suffer from CTS. The peculiarity of compression neuropathies is that they have a progressive nature of the course, resistance to treatment and a tendency to recurrence. All of the above leads to a violation of household and labor adaptation, which is a serious medical and social problem. For the first time, carpal tunnel syndrome was described by J. Parget in 1854. This paper describes the need for a biomechanical approach to the study of carpal tunnel syndrome.