Prospective Study
Copyright ©The Author(s) 2022. Published by Baishideng Publishing Group Inc. All rights reserved.
World J Orthop. Feb 18, 2022; 13(2): 171-177
Published online Feb 18, 2022. doi: 10.5312/wjo.v13.i2.171
Liverpool carpal tunnel scoring system to predict nerve conduction study results: A prospective correlation study
Yuen Chan, Veenesh Selvaratnam, Tharjan Manickavasagar, Vishwanath Shetty, Vishal Sahni
Yuen Chan, Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Mersey Deanery, Prescot L35 5DR, Merseyside, United Kingdom
Veenesh Selvaratnam, Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester M13 9WL, United Kingdom
Tharjan Manickavasagar, Vishwanath Shetty, Vishal Sahni, Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Southport and Ormskirk NHS Trust, Southport L39 2AZ, United Kingdom
Author contributions: Chan Y and Selvaratnam V wrote and edited the manuscript and were involved in the analysis of the study; Selvaratnam V, Manickavasagar T, Shetty V, and Sahni V were involved in the collection of data and editing of the manuscript.
Institutional review board statement: This study was approved by Southport and Ormskirk NHS Hospital.
Clinical trial registration statement: A clinical trial registration was not required.
Informed consent statement: The informed consent statement is not applicable for this study.
Conflict-of-interest statement: No conflict of interest.
Data sharing statement: No additional data are available.
CONSORT 2010 statement: The authors have read the CONSORT 2010 statement, and the manuscript was prepared and revised according to the CONSORT 2010 statement.
Open-Access: This article is an open-access article that was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: https://creativecommons.org/Licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Corresponding author: Yuen Chan, FRCS, MBChB, MSc, Surgeon, Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Mersey Deanery, Warrington Rd, Rainfall, Prescot L35 5DR, Merseyside, United Kingdom. y.chan1@nhs.net
Received: March 25, 2021
Peer-review started: March 25, 2021
First decision: June 16, 2021
Revised: June 30, 2021
Accepted: January 18, 2022
Article in press: January 18, 2022
Published online: February 18, 2022
Processing time: 329 Days and 8 Hours
Core Tip

Core Tip: The use of our simple scoring method can help determine if patients with carpal tunnel syndrome need nerve conduction studies. Patients scoring less than 8 may have mild or moderate carpal tunnel syndrome and in these patients we recommend the use of nerve conduction studies. In patients scoring 8 or more, we do not recommend the use of nerve conduction studies for the diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome.