Radial Tunnel Syndrome: A Critic Review

Chetan Ramesh Sangati

Abstract


Radial tunnel syndrome (RTS) is an orthopedic condition which includes group of symptoms including all the systemic symptoms like fatigue or dullness, aching or pain at the top of the forearm, and symptoms can also occur behind the hand and wrist. There are several important causes for RTS: any time the radial nerve is pinched anywhere along its length; overuse of the arm to push, pull and overuse of the hand by gripping, pinching, or bending the wrist can irritate the nerve and cause pain; repeating the same movement such as twisting the arm or wrist on the job or playing sports, squeezes the radial nerve over time, etc

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.37628/ijchn.v2i2.1384

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