Comparison of effectiveness of topical linseed oil and placebo in the advancement of Boston questionnaire's score and electrodiagnostic criteria of patients with mild and moderate carpal tunnel syndrome

Shiraz University of Medical Sciences0 个研究点目标入组 100 人开始时间: 待定最近更新: 2018年2月22日

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•Inclusion criteria: primary idiopathic carpal tunnel syndrome; patients aged between 18-65 years old; electrodiagnostic criteria for mild or moderate CTS; Patient's written informed consent for inclusion; having at least two signs or one sign plus one symptom of: paresthesias, numbness, tingling, night pain
•positive Phalen test, positive Tinnel test, positive compression test.
•Exclusion criteria: Clinical and electrodiagnostic evidence of severe CTS including muscular atrophy and neurogenic changes in needle EMG of APB muscle; recurrent carpal tunnel syndrome; Positive history of trauma and/or fracture of wrist bones and/or surgical release of median nerve and/or direct injection into carpal tunnel of wrist; Evidence of cervical radiculopathy in EMG; Systemic disease including: neuropathies (rule out by nerve conduction study of ulnar nerves) and/or collagen vascular diseases such as SLE and scleroderma and RA; Endocrine diseases such as hypothyroidism and DM; Other
•disease-inducing neuropathy; Situations such as renal failure and/or alcoholism and/or poor medical condition; History of recent and ongoing use of corticosteroids or analgesics that could not be discontinued; hypersensitivity to the drug or placebo; inability to completion of data gathering forms (cognitive or language disorder).

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