Studies on Cubital Tunnel Syndrome

There have been numerous medical studies of cubital tunnel syndrome patients, treatments and surgeries. The results can be found on the Web and in medical journals. The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery is a terrific source of cubital tunnel studies.

This article lists some of the major cubital tunnel studies and briefly summarizes their results and conclusions. This list is an overview only and has not been certified by a medical organization. Please click through to the studies for the official and complete results, conclusions and details.

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Severity Scale for Cubital Tunnel Syndrome

To properly evaluate and diagnose cubital tunnel syndrome, a uniform and widely accepted grading scale is required. Three major scales have been proposed, but none are universally accepted. Read more »

 

Tennis Elbow vs. Cubital Tunnel Syndrome

When someone experiences elbow pain, the most common cause is tennis elbow. However, it can be easy to confuse tennis elbow with cubital tunnel syndrome, since both can result in a very sore elbow and unusable arm. Read more »

 

Nerve Compression Syndromes

When one of the nerves in the arm is struck, compressed or irritated, the result is a “nerve compression syndrome” or “entrapment neuropathy.” The most common nerve compression syndromes are (in order of occurrence): carpal tunnel syndrome, cubital tunnel syndrome, and radial tunnel syndrome. Read more »

 

How Cubital-Tunnel.com came to be

cubitaltunnellogo2 Cubital-Tunnel.com was born from an article on my blog at DevTopics.com:

Programmer’s Nightmare: Cubital Tunnel Syndrome

The article discussed my challenges as a professional software developer afflicted with cubital tunnel syndrome (CTS).

As people started commenting on the article, a small community developed. I was impressed at how people would share their CTS tips and experiences, commiserate with each other’s pain, and genuinely care about one another.

So we (Timm Martin and Tim Perez) built this online community where people can discuss their cubital tunnel challenges and share the latest cubital tunnel information.

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