Effects of local Progesterone injection versus Corticosteroid injection in patients with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

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Conditions: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Registration Number: IRCT2013101313442N4

Lead Sponsor: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Departement of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Science

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Complete

Sex: Female

Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

Inclusion Criteria: patient with mild and moderate CTS confirmed by the presence of 1 or more of the following standard electrophysiological criteria:1- prolonged distal motor latency (DML) (abnormal =4.2 ms)of Median nerve and 2) prolonged antidromic distal sensory latency (DSL) to the third digit (abnormal >3.6 ms; age between 20 to 65 years old. Exclusion criteria:Pregnancy; Severe degree CTS; Background metabolic diseases such as: Diabetes mellitus; Hypothyroidism; Rheumatoid arthritis; Previous history of Corticosteroid injection in Carpal Tunnel; Severe atrophy of Thener muscles; cervical radiculopathy or significant polyneuropathy; Unwillingness to participate in the present study; patient younger than 20 or older than 65 years old.

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type: interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Pain. Timepoint: 0,10 weeks, 6 months. Method of measurement: Visual Analog Scale, that is from 0-10 and zero (0) means that you did not have any pain and ten (10) means that you had the worst pain imaginable.;Functional Status. Timepoint: 0, 6weeks, 6months. Method of measurement: Bostone/levine Functional Status Scale Questionnare.;Symptome Severity(pain and paresthesia). Timepoint: 0,10weeks, 6months. Method of measurement: Bostone/levine Symptome Severity Scale Questionnare.;Distal Sensory Peak Latency(SNAP) of median nerve. Timepoint: 0,10weeks, 6months. Method of measurement: EDX Indexes.;Distal Motor Onset Latency(CMAP) of median nerve. Timepoint: 0,10weeks, 6months. Method of measurement: EDX indexes.

Secondary Outcome Measures