CARPAL-TUNNEL.NET

Carpal tunnel syndrome is a characteristic combination of symptoms, with or without examination findings, which result from a problem with one of the major nerves to the hand (the median nerve). This nerve is located in the carpal tunnel (carpal - from the greek word karpos, meaning 'wrist'), which lies at the heel of the hand. The tunnel is the gap between the bones of the wrist and the transverse carpal ligament - a fibrous band which, in part, holds the wrist together... This site is the project of Dr Jeremy D P Bland, MB ChB, FRCP, consultant in clinical neurophysiology at the Kent and Canterbury Hospital (also affiliated to Kings College Hospital, London), who is responsible for all of the information content.

Also known as: carpal tunnel

Primary location: Canterbury United Kingdom