Comparative Effectiveness of Ultrasound and Paraffin Therapy in Patients With Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: A Randomized Trial
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 60
- 主要终点
- Functional Status Scale of the Boston Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Questionnaire
研究概览
简要总结
The purpose of this study is to compare the efficacy of combining a wrist orthosis with either ultrasound therapy or paraffin bath therapy in treating carpal tunnel syndrome patients.
详细描述
The purpose of this exploratory study is to compare the combination of a wrist orthosis with either ultrasound therapy or paraffin bath therapy in the treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome patients. We hypothesized that ultrasound therapy might be more effective than paraffin therapy because it provides both thermal and nonthermal effects.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •patients to have subjective symptoms (such as pain and/or numbness in the median nerve distribution of the digits or nocturnal pain). Furthermore, patients were required to have either a positive Phalen's sign or a positive Tinel's sign along with electrophysiological evidence of carpal tunnel syndrome.
排除标准
- •(1) age younger than 18 years old; (2) underlying medical disorders, such as diabetes mellitus, renal failure, autoimmune disease or hypothyroidism; and (3) pregnancy, previous wrist trauma or surgery.
结局指标
主要结局
Functional Status Scale of the Boston Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Questionnaire
时间窗: 8 weeks
All of the answers were scored from 1 to 5 according to the patient's clinical condition, such that 1 indicated no symptoms, and 5 indicated the most severe symptoms.
次要结局
- Difference in the Distal Motor Latencies of the Median Nerve (Before and After Treatment)(8 weeks)
- Symptom Severity Scale of the Boston Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Questionnaire(8 weeks)
- Pain Scale(8 weeks)
- Difference of Monofilament Sensory Test (Before and After Treatment)(8 weeks)
- Difference in the Distal Sensory Latencies of the Median Nerve (Before and After Treatment)(8 weeks)
- Difference in Palmar Pinch Power Test (Before and After Treatment)(8 weeks)