aser in carpal tunnel syndrome
- Conditions
- Carpal tunnel syndrome.Carpal tunnel syndrome
- Registration Number
- IRCT2017051634003N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Guilan University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 100
Age between 20-60 years; Having moderate carpal tunnel syndrome based on electromyographic findings; involvement of sensory and motor fibers provided that no one is absent; sensory delay of more than 3.6 msec and motor delay more than 1/4 millisecond.
Exclusion criteria: Individuals with severe and mild carpal tunnel syndrome: In severe patients sensory and motor waveforms are absent, and there is a decrease in the amplitude of motor nerve and denervation in electromyography, but in the mild type, only the involvement of sensory fibers without the involvement of motor fibers is present and sensory delay of more than 3.6 ms and a motor delay less than 1.4 ms; people with secondary neuropathy, such as thyroid problems; people with neck and shoulder myopathy; myelopathy and torticollis; those with a history of neck and shoulder surgery and other areas of the body; people with cancer, infection, pain and pulmonary disease, HIV; people with substance abuse or taking corticosteroids; pregnant women; people who have been continuously did physiotherapy or exercise during the past two weeks; taking analgesic and inflammatory drugs one week before the evaluation; people with Mental and cognitive impairment as well as uncorrected visual impairment; patients with atrophy of ternar muscle.
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Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Delay amp area CAMP- Motor & Sensory NCV. Timepoint: Before and after 20 days. Method of measurement: Nerve conduction velocity.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Pain. Timepoint: Before and after 20 days. Method of measurement: Visual Analogue Scale.