Dorsovolar Kinesiotape in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Treatment
• Interventions: Other: home exercises; Other: kinesiotape

• Registration Number: NCT05997823
• Lead Sponsor: Selcuk University

Brief Summary

This study aimed to compare the short- and medium-term efficacy of dorso-volar kinesiotape (KT) added to home exercises (HE) with sham-KT and HE alone in the treatment of mild or moderate carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) in terms of pain, symptom severity, function, grip strength, and electrophysiological parameters.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2023-01-01
• Primary Completion: 2023-07-01
• Study Completion: 2023-07-29
• Study First Submitted: 2023-08-11
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-08-16
• Study First Posted: 2023-08-18
• Status Verified: 2024-01
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-01-26
• Last Update Posted: 2024-01-29

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 120

Inclusion Criteria

• pain or numbness radiating to the palm for at least 6 weeks,
• at least one positive Tinel's, Phalen's, or carpal compression test on physical examination, and
• mild/moderate CTS on EMG examination.

Exclusion Criteria

• Metabolic disease (diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, thyroid disease),
• systemic or malignant disease, history of trauma, fracture or surgery to the wrist,
• physical therapy programs, surgical procedures, injections or KT applications to the wrist for CTS treatment in the past year,
• severe thenar atrophy,
• C6-C7 radiculopathy among CTS differential diagnoses,
• cervical spondylosis, thoracic outlet syndrome, entrapment of the median nerve above the wrist,
• polyneuropathy or traumatic injury to the median nerve,
• rashes or open wounds on the skin of the wrist and forearm that could prevent treatment with kinesiology taping

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
home exercises	home exercises	-
dorso-volar KT and home exercises	home exercises	-
sham-KT and home exercises	home exercises	-
dorso-volar KT and home exercises	kinesiotape	-
sham-KT and home exercises	kinesiotape	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Pain Evaluation	5 minutes	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
Finger Strength	10 minutes	A pinch meter (Baseline ® hydraulic pinch gauge, Irvington, NY, USA) was used to evaluate lateral grip strength (LGS) and pinch grip strength
Electrodiagnostic Evaluation	30 minutes	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
Hand Strength	10 minutes	A Jamar hand dynamometer (Baseline ® hydraulic hand dynamometer, Irvington, NY, USA) was used to measure handgrip strength.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Health Sciences University, Kocaeli Derince Training and Research Hospital; 🇹🇷 Kocaeli, Deince, Turkey