Effectiveness of high intensity laser therapy addition to conventional conservative treatment for carpal tunnel syndrome compared with conventional conservative treatment alone in terms of clinical outcomes and electrophysiologic parameters: an experiment trial (non-randomized clinical trials) single blind study.

/A0 sites64 target enrollmentJanuary 3, 2023

ConditionsThe patient was diagnosed with CTS with a minimal, mild, or moderate degree based on the modified neurophysiologic grading system.high intensity laser therapy, carpal tunnel syndrome, numbness, pain, electrophysiologic parameters

Overview

Phase: Phase 4
Intervention: Not specified
Conditions: The patient was diagnosed with CTS with a minimal, mild, or moderate degree based on the modified neurophysiologic grading system.
Sponsor: /A
Enrollment: 64
Status: Completed
Last Updated: last year

Overview Investigators Eligibility Criteria Outcomes Similar Trials

Overview

Brief Summary

This study showed the addition of a HILT to conventional conservative treatment is an effective and noninvasive treatment method for minimal, mild, and moderate CTS in terms of clinical outcomes for numbness, pain, and electrophysiologic parameters.

Registry

who.int

Start Date

January 3, 2023

End Date

October 30, 2022

Last Updated

last year

Study Type

Interventional

Sex

All

Investigators

Sponsor

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

•1\. Study participants were adults (age greater than or equal 20 years); 2\. presented with hand pain or numbness and underwent electrodiagnosis, and the result was minimal, mild, or moderate CTS levels based on the modified neurophysiologic grading system

Exclusion Criteria

•1\) contraindication to laser such as undergoing cancer treatment, had radiation therapy during the past six month, and the patient had bleeding from the arm to the finger; 2\) underlying disease that may cause the experimental measurements were disturbed such as polyneuropathy, cervical radiculopathy, brachial plexopathy, ulnar neuropathy, radial neuropathy, rheumatoid arthritis; 3\) received conservative treatment within 6 months such as physical modality, orthosis and intracarpal tunnel steroid injection; 4\) History of carpal tunnel release; 5\) Numeric rating score of pain greater than or eqaul 8