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We report three patients in whom carpal tunnel syndrome was due to neurapraxis as a consequence of unusual sleep postures enabled by their benign joint hypermobility syndrome (BJHS). A fourth patient also had bilateral sensory sciatic neuropathy and a common peroneal palsy, similarly due to regularly adopted unusual postures. Recognition of such cause-effect mechanisms and their simple solution in BJHS should obviate needless investigation and unnecessary surgery.
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March, L.M., Francis, H. & Webb, J. Benign joint hypermobility with neuropathies: Documentation and mechanism of median, sciatic, and common peroneal nerve compression. Clin Rheumatol 7, 35–40 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02284054
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