The assessment of median nerve elasticity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis by using elastosonography (multicenter clinical study)

The assessment of median nerve elasticity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis by using elastosonography (multicenter clinical study) - The assessment of median nerve elasticity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

JPRN

Registry ID

JPRN-UMIN000015314

Enrollment

300

Registered

2014-10-01

Start date

2014-10-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-29

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Conditions

rheumatoid arthritis

Interventions

None listed

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1)1.patients with rheumatoid arthritis, 2.healthy controls 1)both men and women who are over 20 years old 3)participants who accepted to join our study

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1)participants who have a possibility of secondary carpal tunnel syndrome (diabetes mellitus, acute trauma, pregnancy, hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, rheumatic disease except for rheumatoid arthritis) 2)double crush syndrome patients (with cervical spondylosis) 3)cervical spondylotic myelopathy patients 4)poly myelopathy patients 5)patients who have previous fracture of wrist 6)patients who have previous surgery of wrist 7)participants who are considered to join this study is not appropriated

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
To compare the median nerve stiffness of patients with rheumatoid arthritis with healthy controls	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
To compare the median nerve cross sectional area of patients with rheumatoid arthritis with healthy controls	—

Countries

Japan

Contacts

Public ContactTadashi Okano

Osaka city university Orthopedic surgery

ma1sa3ru@med.osaka-cu.ac.jp06-6645-3851

Outcome results