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The study included 38 volunteers, examined prospectively. The purpose was to investigate the possibility of automatically detecting the median nerve mononeuropathy based on common electrodiagnostic criteria, used in everyday clinical practice, as well as new features selected based on physiology and mathematics. Machine learning techniques were used to combine the examined characteristics for a stable and accurate diagnosis. Automatic electrodiagnosis reached an accuracy of 95% compared to the standard neurophysiological diagnosis of the physicians with nerve conduction studies and 89% compared to the clinical diagnosis. The results show that the automatic detection of carpal tunnel syndrome is possible and can be employed in decision making, excluding human error. 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