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Durkan compression test

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Also known as test Durkana test kompresji nadgarstka (kalka — rzadziej używany)

Direct pressure applied by examiner thumbs over the median nerve at the carpal tunnel for 30 seconds; reproduction of paraesthesia in the median distribution is a positive result. Described by Durkan (1991); generally considered the most sensitive of the provocative tests.

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