Early Motion Following Carpal Tunnel Release
- Conditions
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- Registration Number
- NCT00845325
- Lead Sponsor
- University of Missouri-Columbia
- Brief Summary
To objectively and subjectively assess two modes of commonly employed rehabilitation and confirm a superior method to treat patients following carpal tunnel release.
One of the problems following carpal tunnel release (CTR) for carpal tunnel syndrome, and all hand surgeries, is the debilitation in the postoperative period. This relates to muscle atrophy and joint stiffness due to immobilization or relative inactivity in the postoperative period. Specifically, patients suffer increased days off from work, lost wages, and difficulties with activities of daily living affecting the patient and society at large. CTR is a very common procedure in hand surgery making it easy to study and important to optimize the postoperative care.
- Detailed Description
The surgical procedure, carpal tunnel release, will be performed in a standard open fashion. In a random fashion, the patients will be placed into either of two rehabilitation groups following CTR with specifically different postoperative instructions after the procedure.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 16
- Clinical diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome
- Recommended for carpal tunnel release
- Severe thenar weakness
- proximal neuropathy of the same arm.
- generalized peripheral neuropathy
- active psychiatric disorder
- chronic renal failure require dialysis
- reflex sympathetic dystrophy
- previous injury of affected wrist or median nerve
- simultaneous ipsilateral upper extremity surgery
- carpal tunnel syndrome with acute injury
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method days to return to activities of daily living, return to work, grip strength, pinch strength, digital sensibility, subjective pain control, number of pain pills used, grading of success,and any complications encountered. 1 week, 3 weeks, 3 months, and 1 year postoperatively
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
University of Missouri
🇺🇸Columbia, Missouri, United States
University of Missouri🇺🇸Columbia, Missouri, United States