The effect of vitamin D treatment on intractable carpal tunnel syndrome patients with hypovitaminosis D
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Carpal tunnel syndrome.Carpal tunnel syndrome
- Registration Number
- IRCT2015100624384N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Vice Chancellor for research of International Branch of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 50
Inclusion Criteria
CTS diagnosed by electrodiagnostic study; BMI in normal range (19-24); age: 20-40 years; Intractable CTS Patients who had been 6 weeks under standard treatment(NSAID, Rest).
Exclusion criteria: diabetes; hypothyroidism; trauma or surgery on hand or wrist; radiculopathy ; known case of chronic liver disease or renal disease; Metabolic disease; Pregnancy and lactation period; patients who took multivitamine supplements; Peripheral polyneuropathy; Severe CTS; RA
Exclusion Criteria
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Median nerve function. Timepoint: before and a week after vit D3 supplementation. Method of measurement: Electrodiagnostic study(EMG-NCV).
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method