Comparing the effect of two methods of radial shock wave therapy in patients with carpal tunnel syndrome

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Conditions: Mild to moderate Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.
Carpal tunnel syndrome, unspecified upper limb
G56.00

Registration Number: IRCT20200706048028N1

Lead Sponsor: Babol University of Medical Sciences

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Recruiting

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 45

Inclusion Criteria

Patients 20-70 years of age with tingling and numbness or hand pain more than 3 month and con?rmed mild to moderate carpal tunnel syndrome by electrophysiological study

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type: interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Pain intensity. Timepoint: Before intervention, after intervention and 1 month after intervention. Method of measurement: The visual analog scale (VAS) was used to evaluate the degree of pain, which was self assessed by the patients, and the scale ranges from 0 to10.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Evaluating symptoms severity and functional status of hand. Timepoint: Before intervention, after intervention and 1 month after intervention. Method of measurement: The Boston questionnaire consists of a symptoms severity scale (SSS) and a functional status scale (FSS), and it was answered by the patients. SSS is evaluated by 11 questions concerning pain, tingling, night symptoms, numbness, and hand weakness and responses range from no symptoms (1point) to symptoms too severe to perform activity (5 point). The average of these 11 scores was used to quantify the severity of patients’ symptoms. FSS consists of 8 questions concerning functional activities andresponses range from functional activities with less deficiency (1 point) to functional activities with high deficiency (5 point). The average of these 8 scores was used to quantify the patients’ functional status.;Sensory and motor distal latency. Timepoint: Before and after intervention. Method of measurement: EDX evaluating (Nerve Conduction Study).