Poster Session
Issue Date: August 2019
Published Online: August 01, 2019
Updated: April 30, 2020
An OT Perspective: The Association of Sleep and Hand Function in Persons With Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS)
Angela Goorman, OTD, OTR/L; Colleen Schneck, ScD, OTR/L, FAOTA; Doris Pierce, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA; Spencer Dawson, PhD
Author Affiliations & Notes
  • Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY, USA
  • Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY, USA
  • Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY, USA
  • Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
Article Information
Hand and Upper Extremity / Basic Research
Poster Session   |   August 01, 2019
An OT Perspective: The Association of Sleep and Hand Function in Persons With Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS)
American Journal of Occupational Therapy, August 2019, Vol. 73, 7311505088. https://doi.org/10.5014/ajot.2019.73S1-PO2004
American Journal of Occupational Therapy, August 2019, Vol. 73, 7311505088. https://doi.org/10.5014/ajot.2019.73S1-PO2004
Abstract

Date Presented 04/04/19

This study examined whether sleep quality is associated with hand function above and beyond what can be explained by pain and carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) severity to hand function in clients with CTS. Manual Ability Measure-20, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, Pain Visual Analogue Scale, and Electromyography for CTS diagnosis and severity level were measured outcomes in 53 participants. Sleep quality was significantly associated with manual ability after controlling for CTS severity and pain.

Primary Author and Speaker: Angela Goorman

Additional Authors and Speakers: Colleen Schneck, Doris Pierce

Contributing Authors: Spencer Dawson