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ERRATUM TO: A CLINICAL QUESTIONNAIRE FOR THE

DIAGNOSIS OF CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME, JOURNAL
OF HAND SURGERY 2003; 28: 455–459
V. KAMATH and J. STOTHARD
From the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Middlesbrough General Hospital, Ayresome Green Lane Middlesbrough, UK

The publishers apologise for the errors in Appendix A of this published paper. Two minus signs were missing which
invalidated the questionnaire.
The scoring for the question ‘‘Do you have any neck pair’’ should have been Yes 1 No 0.
The scoring for the question ‘If applicable has the tingling and numbness in your hand been severe during
pregnancy’ should have been Yes 1 No 1 N/A 0.
Please find the complete and correct Questionnaire below:

Appendix A. Questionnaire

HISTORY (circle Yes/No number)

Has pain in the wrist woken you at night.
Yes 1 No 0
Has tingling and numbness in your hand woken you
during the night.
Yes 1 No 0
Has tingling and numbness in your hand been more
pronounced first thing in the morning.
Yes 1 No 0
Do you have any trick movements to make the tingling,
numbness go from your hands.
Yes 1 No 0
Do you have tingling and numbness in your little finger
any time.
Yes 0 No 3
Has tingling and numbness presented when you were
reading a newspaper, steering a car or knitting.
Yes 1 No 0
Do you have any neck pain.
Yes 1 No 0
If applicable has the tingling and numbness in your hand
been severe during pregnancy.
Yes 1 No 1 N/A 0
Has it helped the tingling and numbness on wearing a
splint on your wrist.
Yes 2 No 0 N/A 0
Total

A score of 3 or more has been submitted to analysis in comparison with

nerve conduction studies. A score of 5 or more is recommended for use of
the test as a diagnostic screening tool to replace nerve conduction studies.

r 2004 The British Society for Surgery of the Hand. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights
reserved.
doi:10.1016/j.jhsb.2003.11.004 available online at http://www.sciencedirect.com
doi of original article: 10.1016/S0266.7681(03)00151-7

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