Carpal Tunnel Syndrome vs Cubital Tunnel Syndrome. What's The Difference?

What's the Difference? Carpal Tunnel Syndrome vs Cubital Tunnel Syndrome
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: Compression and traction of the median nerve in the carpal tunnel. Mainly due to repetitive wrist and hand movements.
Most common entrapment neuropathy.
Most common in wheelchair athletes, cyclists, wrestlers, football players, mountain bikers and weight lifters.
Symptoms:
Numbness, tingling, paresthesia and weakness along median nerve distribution (Thumb, index finger, middle finger and side of ring finger near middle finger.)
Initially present with intermittent symptoms that may be worse at night or with repetitive upper-extremity activity.
Night time symptoms may improve with re-positioning, vigorous hand shaking and splinting.
Cubital Tunnel Syndrome AKA Ulnar Neuropathy at the Elbow
Second most common upper extremity entrapment neuropathy.
Compression of Ulnar nerve in cubital tunnel.
Often has a contributory component from nerve stretching/traction.
The ulnar nerve can be compressed at multiple points along its course, the most common location is at the elbow. Sensory supply of fifth finger and medial half of fourth finger.
Characterized by symptoms of numbness, tingling, paresthesia and weakness.
Most common in athletes who participate in baseball, bodybuilding, football, wrestling, cyclists and mountain biking.
Symptoms: Numbness, tingling, burning, paresthesia and weakness along ulnar nerve distribution. (Medial Forearm, medial hand, 5th finger and medial side of 4th finger.)
Pain and tenderness over medial elbow, particularly over ulnar nerve.
Worse at night.
Fatigue with repetitive or prolonged tasks.
Aggravated by activities requiring prolonged or repetitive elbow flexion.
Difficulty in gripping. Weakness in pinching and/or gripping.
Weak fifth finger adduction, weak thumb adduction and weak thumb-index finger pinch.
Atrophy of ulnar innervated muscles.
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: • Carpal Tunnel Syndrome...
Cubital Tunnel Syndrome: • Cubital Tunnel Syndrom...
Posterior Hand Strengthening Exercises: • Posterior Hand Strengt...
Two Minutes of Anatomy: Median Nerve: • Two Minutes of Anatomy...
Two Minutes of Anatomy: Ulnar Nerve: • Two Minutes of Anatomy...
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