Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Inclusion Criteria: patient with mild and moderate CTS confirmed by the presence of 1 or more of the following standard electrophysiological criteria:1- prolonged distal motor latency (DML) (abnormal =4.2 ms)of Median nerve and 2) prolonged antidromic distal sensory latency (DSL) to the third digit (abnormal >3.6 ms. Exclusion criteria:Pregnancy; Severe degree CTS; Background metabolic diseases such as: Diabetes mellitus; Hypothyroidism; Rheumatoid arthritis; Previous history of Corticosteroid injection in Carpal Tunnel; Severe atrophy of Thener muscles; cervical radiculopathy or significant polyneuropathy; Unwillingness to participate in the present study;
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria:
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Pain. Timepoint: 0, 8 weeks after treatment. Method of measurement: Visual Analog Scale, that is from 0-10 and zero (0) means that you did not have any pain and ten (10) means that you had the worst pain imaginable.;Symptome Severity(pain and paresthesia). Timepoint: 0, 8 weeks after treatment. Method of measurement: Bostone/levine Symptome Severity Scale Questionnaire.;Functional Status. Timepoint: 0, 8 weeks after treatment. Method of measurement: Bostone/levine Functional Status Scale Questionnare.;Distal Sensory Peak Latency(SNAP) of median nerve. Timepoint: 0, 8 weeks after treatment. Method of measurement: EDX Indexes.;Distal Motor Onset Latency(CMAP) of median nerve. Timepoint: 0, 8 weeks after treatment. Method of measurement: EDX indexes. | — |
Countries
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Contacts
University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitations Sciences