Conservative management of carpal tunnel syndrome
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- carpal tunnel syndrome.Carpal tunnel syndrome
- Registration Number
- IRCT201508182851N4
- Lead Sponsor
- Babol Uiversity of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 30
Inclusion Criteria
patients with CTS in the age range of 18 – 55 years from mild to moderate severity, with positive clinical findings and electrophysiological findings (median nerve distal motor latency > 4.2ms and median nerve distal sensory latency > 3.7ms)
exclusion criterai: Positive compression test in proximal area, systemic peripheral neuropathy, history of carpal tunnel release, metabolic disorders such as diabetics or thyroid diseases, pregnancy, steroid injection in carpal tunnel, and atrophy of thenar muscles
Exclusion Criteria
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Pain intensity. Timepoint: before intervention and at the end of 4 weeks. Method of measurement: using of visual analoge scale (VAS).;Sensory distal latencies. Timepoint: before intervention and at the end of 4 weeks. Method of measurement: using of EMG device.;Motor distal latencies. Timepoint: before intervention and at the end of 4 weeks. Method of measurement: using EMG device.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Functional status scale. Timepoint: at the baseline and at the end of 4 weeks. Method of measurement: using of Boston questionnaire.;Symptome Severity Scale. Timepoint: at the baseline and at the end of 4 weeks. Method of measurement: using of Boston questionnaire.;Median nerve tension. Timepoint: at the baseline and at the end of 4 weeks. Method of measurement: using of median neurodynamic test.