Effect of corticosteroid injection in treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome
- Conditions
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- Registration Number
- IRCT2017010831833N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Isfahan University of Medical Science
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 60
inclusion criteria:
patients with CTS symptomes; positive tinnel, phalen and compression tests; who had moderate to severe CTS according to electrodiagnostic criteria; refuse surgery; are older than 18 and accept to inject corticosteroid
exclusion criteria:
pregnancy; presence of metabolic disorders that cause secondary CTS such as diabetes mellitus, thyroid disease; chronic kidney disease; rheumatological disorders; wrist fractures; having had corticosteroid injection before the study; conditions mimicking CTS such as cervical radiculopathy, polyneuropathy, brachial plexopathy, thoracic outlet syndrome; having had physical or medical therapy in the previous month; having had previous wrist surgery; having thenar muscle atrophy; patient refusal to continue the follow-ups.
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Symptom Severity Scale. Timepoint: befor, 1and 3 months after. Method of measurement: questionary.;Functional Status Scale. Timepoint: befor, 1and 3 months after. Method of measurement: questionary.;Median nerve sensory latency. Timepoint: befor, 1and 3 months after. Method of measurement: EDX study.;Median nerve motor latency. Timepoint: befor, 1and 3 months after. Method of measurement: EDX study.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Grade. Timepoint: before, 1 and 3 months after. Method of measurement: EDX study.;Sensory NCV. Timepoint: before, 1 and 3 months after. Method of measurement: EDX study.;SNAP amp. Timepoint: before, 1 and 3 months after. Method of measurement: EDX study.;CMAP amp. Timepoint: before, 1 and 3 months after. Method of measurement: EDX study.;Side effects. Timepoint: imediate, 1 and 3 months after. Method of measurement: questionary.