Therapeutic Effect of Ultrasound-Guided Local Steroid Injection with Hydro-dissection in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
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- Conditions
- Carpal tunnel syndrome.upper limb mononeuropathy
- Registration Number
- IRCT2014020416485N1
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences (USWR), Deputy of Research
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 150
Inclusion Criteria
Mild to moderate carpal tunnel syndrome patients with no history of surgical and local steroid injection, without age and gender limitation. Exclusion criteria: Patients with severe carpal tunnel syndrome and severe dysfunction that needs surgical median nerve releasing; patients with history of other therapeutic approaches; history of allergy against steroids or triamcinolone; steroid contraindications; history of cardiac arrhythmia; diabetes mellitus; hand surgeries in past 3 months; Arthritis rheumatoid; cervical radiculopathy; thyroid dysfunctions
Exclusion Criteria
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Boston's Questionnaire score. Timepoint: Every two weeks. Method of measurement: Questionnaire score.;Median nerve ultrasound study. Timepoint: Every two weeks. Method of measurement: Diameter and cross section of median nerve.;Median nerve conduction study. Timepoint: Every two weeks. Method of measurement: Motor and sensory latency of median nerve.;Pain Score. Timepoint: Every two weeks. Method of measurement: visual analogue score.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method