Abstract
Objective: The objective of our study was to determine Prevalence of carpel tunnel syndrome among diabetic patients and the significant association between carpel tunnel syndrome and diabetes mellitus.
 Materials and Methods: Study was conducted on 250 patients at Saveetha medical college and hospital. Study was conducted after getting proper ISE approval. Subjects were selected according to inclusion and exclusive criteria's. For every study subject after getting consent demographic information, past medical history of Diabetes such as type, duration, any associated complication (diabetic neuropathy, retinopathy, etc.), medication, and lifestyle modification were obtained via a self-reporting structured questionnaire and confirmed by the subject's medical record. For every subject, clinical tests such as Tinel's test and Phalen test were performed and nerve conduction study was used for diagnose carpal tunnel syndrome among the subjects who were showing positive clinical test. All data collected were entered into the standardized database and statistic analysis was calculated.
 Results: After analysing the data collected on association between carpel tunnel syndrome and a diabetes patient.
 Conclusion: It implies that there is a significant relationship between carpal tunnel syndrome and diabetes patients.
Highlights
Carpal tunnel syndrome is defined as the entrapment of the median nerve in the carpal tunnel of the wrist
The prevalence of carpal tunnel syndrome among diabetes patients was 37.3% out of which 22.2% was seen among female patients and rest, 15.1% was among male patients
We have shown that there is a significant association between carpal tunnel syndrome and diabetes patient with peripheral neuropathy and the incidence of CTS increases significantly after 5 years of diabetes
Summary
Carpal tunnel syndrome is defined as the entrapment of the median nerve in the carpal tunnel of the wrist. The onset of the disease usually starts as tingling and numbness or pain in the median nerve area and eventually leads to weakness and impaired hand function [1,2]. It is one of the most common peripheral neuropathies [3]. The incident and prevalence vary from 0.125%-1% and 5-16% depending upon the criteria used for the diagnosis [4]. Experimental studies have shown a higher incidence of CTS in workers who are involved in high force and repetitive work compared to others [5,6,7,8]
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