The Treatment of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Using Thumb Pressure Along the Median Nerve

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Clinical Trial

Official title:

Neuropathy Along the Median Nerve: Etiology of Symptoms Associated With the Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: a Preliminary Study.

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00634699
• Other study ID #: Éthic Committee, UQTR
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 1/Phase 2
• First received: March 6, 2008
• Last updated: June 25, 2011
• Start date: September 2006
• Est. completion date: September 2010

Study information

• Verified date: June 2011
• Source: Guy Hains Chiropractor
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Canada: Ethics Review Committee
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to find the efficacy of treating the muscles in the inside (biceps,pronator teres) of the arm in order to eliminate the carpal tunnel syndrome .The authors hypothesise that eliminating the trigger points located in these muscles would diminish the symptoms associated with the carpal tunnel syndrome.

Description:

The carpal tunnel syndrome is a common condition which should treated by surgery only when conservative approaches has been tried.In the present trial the authors intend to find the effectiveness of treating the triggers points located in the biceps muscle, the pronator teres muscle and the biceps aponeurosis on the symptoms normally associated with the carpal tunnel syndrome.

The technique used in this trial will be ischemic compression(thumb tip pressure)on the trigger points located on the previous sites.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 60
• Est. completion date: September 2010
• Est. primary completion date: June 2010
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 20 Years to 60 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Adults between 20 and 60 years old from the city and the surrounding Trois-Rivières with chronic carpal tunnel syndrome,

• Daily pain in the hand that lasted at least 3 months

Exclusion Criteria:

• History of upper limb or neck surgery,

• Pregnancy and systemic pathologies possibly related to carpal tunnel syndrome, such as hypothyroidism, diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis.

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Subject), Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
• Syndrome

Intervention

Procedure:
• Active Comparator, ischemic compressions
Ischemic Compressions,3 times a week,5 weeks.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Canada	Guy Hains 2930 Côte Richelieu	Trois-Rivières	Quebec

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Guy Hains Chiropractor

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Canada, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Pain,functional disabilities		One year	No