A clinical trial to compare three ultrasound guided therapies for management of patients with carpal tunnel syndrome
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: G560- Carpal tunnel syndrome
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2018/12/016604
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity College of medical sciences and Guru Teg Bahadur hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 63
Inclusion Criteria
Patients aged 18 years and above having Nerve Conduction Studies proven carpal tunnel syndrome with persistent symptoms and not resolving with medications or splinting
Exclusion Criteria
1. Patients with other neurological causes like polyneuropathies,
thoracic outlet syndrome, cervical radiculopathy
2. Patients with underlying coagulopathies or taking anti-coagulant
medications
3. Patients in whom ultrasound will reveal secondary causes of carpal
tunnel syndrome like Ganglion cysts, accessory muscles etc
4. Patients with local site infection
5. Patients who have received prior corticosteroid injection or hav
undergone carpal tunnel release surgery
6. Patients with thenar atrophy
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method