carpal tunnel syndrome
medical condition due to compression of the median nerve as it travels through the wrist at the carpal tunnel
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Summary
carpal tunnel syndrome is a rare disease[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of rare disease entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,631 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: class of disease[3]
- Subclass of: nerve compression syndrome[4], computer-induced medical problem[5]
- Commons category: Carpal tunnel syndrome[6]
- ICPC 2 ID: N93[7]
- Symptoms and signs: wrist pain[8]
- Described by source: The Unified Medical Dictionary (Librairie du Liban, 2009)[9], Muʻjam al-muṣṭalaḥāt al-ṭibbīyah (Vol. 1)[10]
- ICD-9-CM: 354.0[11]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C34450[12]
- Health specialty: neurology[13], orthopedics[14]
- Genetic association: TTR[15], SH3TC2[16]
- Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_12169[17], http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:12169[18]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Medicine[19]
- Risk factor: ergonomic hazard[20]
- Handled, mitigated, or managed by: ergonomic keyboard[21]
- P14541: 2m9hFZ[22], 1y7KpC[23]
Why It Matters
carpal tunnel syndrome has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 98 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]