Gilliatt Tourniquet Test
Other Names
- Gilliatt Tourniquet Test
- Gilliatt test
- Gilliatt pneumatic tourniquet test
- Tourniquet Test for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- Gilliatt–Sumner Tourniquet Test
- Median Nerve Tourniquet Provocation Test
- Upper Limb Tourniquet Provocation Test
Purpose
- To evaluate the carpal tunnel as a cause of the patients pain
- First described byt R. W. Gilliatt and T. G. Wilson in 1953[2]
Description
- Inflate a toruniquet or blood pressure cuff on the upper arm
- Pressure should be suprasystolic
- Other descriptions have described infrasystolic
- Maintain for a set period of time (15 to 60 seconds have been cited)
- Positive test
- Reproduction of the patients symptoms
Pathology
Evidence
- De Smet et al[3]
- Sensitivity: 77%
- Specificity: 86%
- PPD: 69%
- NPD: 91%
See Also
References
- ↑ Tekeoglu, I., et al. "The pneumatic compression test and modified pneumatic compression test in the diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome." Journal of Hand Surgery (European Volume) 32.6 (2007): 697-699.
- ↑ Gilliatt, Roger W., and T. Grahame Wilson. "A pneumatic-tourniquet test in the carpal-tunnel syndrome." The Lancet 262.6786 (1953): 595-597.
- ↑ De Smet, Luc, et al. "Value of clinical provocative tests in carpal tunnel syndrome." Acta orthopaedica belgica 61 (1995): 177-182.
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John Kiel on 3 September 2025 02:15:43
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