Gabapentin and Neural Mobilization Pain Reduction Effect Compared to Only Gabapentine

Pain Reduction of an Oral Gabapentin and Median Nerve Neural Mobilization Combined Treatment Compared to Only Oral Gabapentin in Subjects Who Suffer Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

In the present investigation the pain reduction effects of a physiotherapy technique combined with pharmaceutical gabapentin treatment will be compared to those produced by gabapentin (only) treatment, in subjects who suffer the signs and symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome.

The present randomized clinical trial will perform a comparison of the pain reduction effects produced by the application of a non invasive and non pharmacological median nerve neural mobilization (physiotherapy treatment) combined with a pharmaceutical oral gabapentin treatment, to those effects produced by a gabapentin (only) treatment. Additionally, effects over the functionality of the affected upper limb will be evaluated and compared. Subjects will be invited to participate and randomly allocated to 2 different groups.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Participants must be medically diagnosed with unilateral carpal tunnel syndrome (with confirmative electrodiagnostic findings).
• Full understanding of written and spoken Spanish (language).
• Participants must freely consent to participate.
• The presence of positive Phalen and Tinel signs.
• The presence of carpal tunnel syndrome signs and symptoms

Exclusion Criteria:

• The lack to meet inclusion criterions, the presence of cognitive impairment, tumors, cancer, recent (affected) upper limb surgery or trauma, pregnancy, metabolic neuropathy, obesity (body mass index over 30), participants who are not employed, deformities of the (affected) upper limb, recent skin injuries or infections (in the affected upper limb), autoimmune inflammatory conditions or flu type symptoms, allergy to gabapentin, allergy to ibuprofen arginine, and also: participants must not be (during the present investigation) under any type of pain reducing treatment (conservative, homeopathic, invasive or not invasive)