Tendon/Nerve gliding exercises in carpal tunnel syndrome
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Carpal tunnel syndrome.Carpal tunnel syndrome
- Registration Number
- IRCT2013092612450N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Vice chancellor for research, Shiraz 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 clinical signs and symptoms of CTS who confirmed to have mild to moderate CTS by electrodiagnostic criteria were included in the study.
Exclusion criteria:
1-patients with secondary CTS (those having diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis or other joint diseases, trauma, metabolic disorders);
2- patients with joints disorder;
3-patients with severe CTS and muscular atrophy;
4-patients with history of carpal tunnel release surgery;
5-extremes of ages (children and elderly);
6-patients with signs of upper motor neuron diseases or peripheral neuropathy
Exclusion Criteria
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Functional status of hand. Timepoint: Six weeks after begining of treatment. Method of measurement: Boston Questionnaire.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method