Compare two different methods of ultrasound-guided corticosteroid injection in the treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome

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Conditions: Carpal tunnel syndrome.
Carpal tunnel syndrome

Registration Number: IRCT2015101724572N1

Lead Sponsor: Vice President of Research Iran University of Medical Sciences

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Complete

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 40

Inclusion Criteria

patients with signs and symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome (including pain and sensory disturbances in the territory of median nerve) which is confirmed through EMG-NCS and by electrodiagnostic criteria are mild to moderate carpal tunnel syndromes. Exclusion criteria: severe carpal tunnel syndrome in EMG-NCV; tenar atrophy; contraindications for corticosteroid injection (including sensitivity to corticosteroids and symptoms of skin infection at the injection site); diseases which mimic CTS symptoms such as polyneuropathy, cervical radiculopathy, thoracic outlet syndrome; surgery or local injection treatments in last six months; neoplastic or traumatic source of pain; wrist bones fracture.

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type: interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The severity of symptoms and functional limitations. Timepoint: Zero, six and twelve weeks after. Method of measurement: By using Boston questionnare.;The severity of symptoms. Timepoint: Zero, six and twelve weeks after. Method of measurement: Visual Analog Scale(VAS).;Electrodiagnostic criteria. Timepoint: Zero, six and twelve weeks after. Method of measurement: By using EMG-NCV device.;Sonographic criteria. Timepoint: Zero, six and twelve weeks after. Method of measurement: By using Sonographic device.

Secondary Outcome Measures