The button hole technique was used for area correction during the KT application (Figure 1). Two I-tapes were applied, one from the medial epicondyle to the proximal phalanx on the palmar side and the other from the lateral epicondyle to the proximal phalanx on the dorsal side. The area where the phalanges are located was marked, and two hole was drilled in the center.After cleaning the skin with alcohol, the tape to be applied to the palmar side was passed over the 3rd and 4th fingers, and the patient was asked to perform radial deviation and wrist extension

Superficial recording electrodes were placed in the abductor pollicis brevis (APB) muscles (recording stimulus distance 5 cm) for median nerve motor conduction and in the abductor digiti minimi (ADM) muscles (recording stimulus distance 5 cm) for ulnar nerve motor conduction.Superficial recording electrodes were placed on the 3rd finger for median nerve sensory conduction (recording stimulus distance 13 cm) and on the 5th finger for ulnar nerve sensory conduction (recording stimulus distance 11 cm).The ground electrode was placed between the recording and stimulus electrodes for all electrophysiological tests.Sensory latency, amplitude, and conduction velocity of the median nerve and motor latency, amplitude, and conduction velocity were recorded

A Jamar hand dynamometer (Baseline ® hydraulic hand dynamometer, Irvington, NY, USA) was used to measure handgrip strength.

A 10-point visual analog scale (VAS) was used to rate pain. Patients were asked to rate the pain they felt at rest, at night, and with movement with a number ranging from 0 (no pain) to 10 (very severe), VAS movement, VAS night, and VAS rest

A pinch meter (Baseline ® hydraulic pinch gauge, Irvington, NY, USA) was used to evaluate lateral grip strength (LGS) and pinch grip strength