Prediction Model for Minimizing the Risk of Median Nerve Puncture

Ultrasound and Anthropometric Prediction Model for Minimizing the Risk of Median Nerve Puncture With Dry Needling Approach Into the Pronator Teres Muscle

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03308279

Enrollment

Registered

2017-10-12

Start date

2016-09-01

Completion date

2017-08-15

Last updated

2017-10-13

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Conditions

Pronator Teres Nerve Syndrome

Keywords

dry needling, median nerve, Pronator Teres

Brief summary

The main aim of this study was to correlate anthropometric measures of the forearm in healthy subjects with the ultrasound pronator teres depth to determine the needle length in order to avoid injury of the median nerve during pronator teres dry needle approach. A cross-sectional study, was carried out in order to perform a predictive model for the median nerve depth into the pronator teres muscle using a decision tree analysis algorithm.

Interventions

DIAGNOSTIC_TESTUltrasound

Ultrasound and Anthropometric meassures

Study design

Observational model

OTHER

Time perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 65 Years

Inclusion criteria

* Asinthomatic subjets

Exclusion criteria

* Pain in the 3 moths before in the forearm

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Muscle thicknesses	10 minutes	With ultrasound
Median Nerve depth	5 minutes	With ultrasound
Forearm Perimeter	2 minutes	in cm
Forearm Longitude	2 minutes	in cm

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Mar 2, 2026