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NCT Number: NCT06214286

ESWT Imorove Pain and Function in Carpal Tunnel

PURPOSE: To investigate the effect of adding Shock wave therapy to kinesio taping on relieving carpal tunnel syndrome symptoms in physical therapist females.

BACKGROUND: shockwave therapy is a popular non-invasive therapeutic modality in the medical field for the treatment of numerous musculoskeletal disorders. Shockwaves can generate interstitial and extracellular responses, producing many beneficial effects such as: pain relief, vascularization, protein biosynthesis, cell proliferation, neuro and chondroprotection, and destruction of calcium deposits in musculoskeletal structures. shockwave combined with conventional physiotherapy is an effective noninvasive treatment for mild-to-moderate carpal tunnel syndrome that produces greater and longer-lasting results than conventional physiotherapy alone HYPOTHESES: Adding Shock wave therapy to kinesio taping has positive effects on carpal tunnel syndrome in physical therapist females.

RESEARCH QUESTION: Does adding Shock wave therapy to kinesio taping has positive effects on carpal tunnel syndrome in physical therapist females?

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Key information

Conditions

Physiopathology

Age range

20 year–40 year

Sex eligibility

Female

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Badr University in Cairo (BUC)

Cairo, Cairo Governorate, 12311, Egypt

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Patients aged between 20 and 40 years
  • diagnosed as having mild and moderate carpal tunnel syndrome through clinical parameters and nerve conduction studies (NCSs),

Exclusion criteria

  • Having any systemic diseases such as renal failure, peptic ulcer, diabetes mellitus, hypothyroidism, coagulopathy, inflammatory rheumatic disease, having a cardiac pacemaker, cervical radiculopathy, polyneuropathy or brachial plexopathy, systemic corticosteroid use, fracture or trauma history in the forearm and wrist pregnancy and lactation, having received a carpal tunnel syndrome surgery, thoracic outlet syndrome or severe carpal tunnel syndrome.

Treatment and study plan

Shockwave

Device

Shockwave therapy

Kinesio Taping

Other

Kinesio taping application

Conventional physical therapy

Other

conventional physical therapy

Primary outcomes

  1. Pain Visual Analog Scale

    Time frame: 1 and 12 week

    It is a self reported outcome which is a 10 cm line with zero at one end indicating no pain and 10 at the other end indicating maximum pain. Patient will be asked to mark the current pain on the scale and the distance from the starting point (0) will be measured

Secondary outcomes

  1. Numbness Visual Analog Scale

    Time frame: 1 and 12 week

    It is self reported outcome, which is a 10 cm line with zero at one end indicating no numbness and 10 at the other end indicating maximum numbness.Patient will be asked to mark the current numbness on the scale, and the distance from the starting point (0) will be measured

  2. Boston Carpal Tunnel Questionnaire

    Time frame: 1 and 12 week

    a Questionnaire widely used for assessing function and/or symptoms in patients with carpal tunnel syndrome. It consists of two separate scales: the Symptom Severity Scale (SSS), which consists of 11 questions and the Functional Status Scale (FSS), which consists of 8 items and requires respondents to score the difficulty of each item on a five-point scale. A final score is calculated for each scale (the sum of the individual scores divided by the number of items) and ranges from 1 to 5, with a higher score indicating a more severe handicap.

  3. handgrip strength

    Time frame: 1 and 12 week

    hand grip strength will be measured by a hand held dynamometer Participants will be instructed to grip the dynamometer as strongly as they possibly can, using their affected hand. Three measurements will be taken and the highest value will be used in the analysis

  4. electrodiagnostic study for median nerve

    Time frame: 1 and 12 week

    Sensory distal latency and motor distal latency of the median nerve will be measured by electromyography device according to standard protocol ( sensory distal latency stimulated at wrist and recorded 14cm at middle finger) and motor distal latency was stimulated at wrist and recorded from abductor pollicis brevis muscle.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Cairo University

Other

Collaborators

  • Badr University

Registry information

Official study title

Adding Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy to Conventional Treatment Improves Pain, Function, and Electrophysiological Function in Females With Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Important dates

Study start
2024
Primary completion
2024
Study completion
2024
First posted
Jan 19, 2024
Registry last updated
May 22, 2026

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