Execution:
- The patient is in sitting position
- The patient’s supinated forearm is placed on the table
- The examiner compresses the carpal tunnel between the thenar and hypothenar eminence for 30 seconds
Positive Outcome: Symptoms such as paresthesia, numbness and dull pain in the median nerve territory are reproduced
| Study | Reliability | Sn | Sp | LR+ | LR- |
| Almasi-Doghaee et al. (2016) | NA | 80.6 | 52.9 | 1.71 | 0.37 |
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