Preferences in Sleep Position Correlate With Nighttime Paresthesias in Healthy People Without Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Abstract

This study illustrates nocturnal paresthesias in people without history of carpal tunnel syndrome including people younger than previously reported. In healthy patients with upper extremity subclinical compression neuropathy, sleep position modification may be a useful intervention to reduce the frequency of nocturnal symptoms prior to developing carpal tunnel syndrome.

Is There a Relationship Between Sleep Positions and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome? Cross-sectional study

“…Roth Bettlech ve ark. (10) yaptıkları çalışmada, KTS olmayan popülasyonda da yatış pozisyonuna bağlı olarak nokturnal parestezi görüldüğünü bildirmişlerdir. Başka bir araştırmada ise nokturnal semptomları olan hastaların EMG'sinde %77 oranında pozitif elektriksel bulgular olduğu gösterilmiştir (11) .…”

Sleeping Position, Expression of Anger and Subjective Sleep Quality in University Students

“…In healthy people, there appears to be a preference for body position at bedtime that affects the characteristics present during sleep, as would be the case where nocturnal paresthesias are manifest (Roth-Bettlach et al, 2017). For both women and men, sleeping in the right lateral decubitus position occurs more frequently than sleeping in the left lateral decubitus position, and whilst there are no differences in the frequency of changes in position, the supine type is more common than the lateral type (Ichijo & Akita, 2017 The literature is scarce in terms of studies that analyze the influence of adopted body position and sleep quality (Agargun, Boysan, & Hanoglu, 2004;De Koninck, Gagnon, & Lallier, 1983;Gordon, Grimmer, & Trott, 2004;Nojiri, Okumura, & Ito, 2014;Yu, 2012).…”