The effect of stretching the transverse carpal ligament using curpal® on clinical symptoms and various neurophysiological parameters in carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) – a prospective, randomised trial
Not Applicable
Recruiting
- Conditions
- G56.0Carpal tunnel syndrome
- Registration Number
- DRKS00020570
- Lead Sponsor
- niversitätsklinikum Freiburg Kliniken für Neurologie und Neurochirurgie
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 76
Inclusion Criteria
Minimum age 18 years.
Clinically and electrophysiologically proven CTS
Already unsuccessful therapy with NSAIDs, hand splints and other conservative therapies (physiotherapy, occupational therapy) over a minimum period of 4 weeks
Exclusion Criteria
Parallel presence of polyneuropathy
Traumatic injuries in the wrist area
Pre-surgery in the wrist and nerve area
Arthritis in the hand area
Pregnancy
Ongoing legal proceedings
Contact allergies to the materials used in the stretching devices
Severe secondary diseases (tumor diseases, severe organ impairment)
Motor deficit beyond a fine motor disorder
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Change in BCTSQ score after 8 weeks.<br>The change (pre-post) in the BCTSQ score after 8 weeks is compared between the groups using the Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney test. The two-sided significance level is set at alpha = 0.05.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Change in BCTSQ score after 6 months. Change in SF-8 scores and electrophysiological and sonographic parameters after 8 weeks and 6 months. The analyses of the secondary endpoints are descriptive.