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Carpal tunnel syndrome CTS is the most common peripheral neuropathy seen in clinic. It results in marked functional limitations of patients. Most patients undergo surgical release which places a heavy burden on health system. Neurodynamic exercise is claimed to be an effective physiotherapy treatment for these patients. It is a practical and complications-free treatment which can be used as a home exercise program. This study aims to investigate the effect of median nerve gliding exercise on symptoms severity and functional limitation in CTS patients.
Treatment Group: Neurodynamics evaluation and treatment will be provided by an experienced physiotherapist. Each treatment session involves both manual therapy and median nerve mobilization exercise following the neurodynamics concept. Four 60 minutes sessions over a period of four weeks will be performed for each patient. Median nerve mobilization exercise will be continued as home exercise program and will be monitored by the treating physiotherapist using exercise diary.
Control group: four sessions of exercise will be given to participants. CTS standard exercise brochure will be given for the patients to follow over 4 weeks. The brochure will include wrist joint strengthening, stretching and AROM exercise.
Outcomes will be measured at the end of the 4 weeks treatment, 6 weeks and 6 months post treatment.
• Data analysis: Microsoft Excel and SPSS will be used for data entry and analysis.
Descriptive analysis: All obtained data will be tabulated, means, standard deviations and differences will be measured.
Inferential analysis: Two way repeated measure ANOVA will be used to measure differences between the groups.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neurodynamic techniques | Experimental | 4 sessions of Neurodynamics treatment will be provided by an experienced physiotherapist. It will include manual therapy, median nerve gliding exercise, median nerve tension exercise. patients will continue the exercises as home exercise program during and after the treatment period. |
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| Exercise | Active Comparator | Exercise therapy 4 sessions of exercise treatment will be provided by an experienced physiotherapist. It will include active range of motion, stretching, and strengthening exercise. patients will be given a brochure to continue the exercises as home exercise program during and after the treatment period. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neurodynamic techniques | Other | 4 sessions of Neurodynamics treatment will be provided by and experienced physiotherapist. It will include manual therapy, median nerve gliding exercise, median nerve tension exercise. patients will continue the exercises as home exercise program during and after the treatment period. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Change in Boston Carpal Tunnel Questionnaire score | BCTS is a patient-based outcome measure used for patients with CTS. It includes two distinct scales, the Symptom Severity Scale (SSS) which has 11 questions and uses a five-point rating scale and the Functional Status Scale (FSS) containing 8 items which have to be rated for degree of difficulty on a five-point scale. Each scale generates a final score (sum of individual scores divided by number of items) which ranges from 1 to 5, with a higher score indicating greater disability. | Baseline, 1 month, 6 months |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| The Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand (DASH) Score | DASH is a patient-based outcome measure used to assess function in patients with arm or hand pain. it includes two components: the disability/symptom | Baseline, 1 month, 6 months |
| Pain severity scale |
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Inclusion Criteria:
Confirmed CTS diagnosis
Exclusion Criteria:
Previous trauma or surgery involving the upper extremities known neurological condition pregnancy history of radiating neck or back pain in the previous 3 months
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Hayat Hamzeh, MSC | Lecturer | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| The University of Jordan | Amman | 11942 | Jordan |
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| ID | Term |
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| D002349 | Carpal Tunnel Syndrome |
| ID | Term |
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| D020423 | Median Neuropathy |
| D020422 | Mononeuropathies |
| D010523 | Peripheral Nervous System Diseases |
| D009468 | Neuromuscular Diseases |
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| ID | Term |
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| D005081 | Exercise Therapy |
| ID | Term |
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| D012046 | Rehabilitation |
| D000359 | Aftercare |
| D003266 | Continuity of Patient Care |
| D005791 | Patient Care |
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| Exercise therapy | Other | AROM exercise stretching exercise strengthening exercise 4 sessions |
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subjective rating of pain severity is specified by patient as a number from 0-10. the higher the number the greater level of pain |
| Baseline,1 month , 6 months |
| Wrist ROM | Range of movement of the wrist joint is measured using universal goniometer. All wrist joint movements will be measured actively and passively. | Baseline, 1 month , 6 months |
| Grip strength | Hand grip strength is measured using a hand held dynamometer device. Reading is taken in pounds. | Baseline, 1 month, 6 months |
| Surgery | whether or not the patient decided to undergo median nerve decompression surgery | 6 months |
| D009422 | Nervous System Diseases |
| D009408 | Nerve Compression Syndromes |
| D012090 | Cumulative Trauma Disorders |
| D013180 | Sprains and Strains |
| D014947 | Wounds and Injuries |
| D013812 |
| Therapeutics |
| D026741 | Physical Therapy Modalities |