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Efficacy of Wrist/Hand Splints and Tendon/Nerve Gliding Exercises for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: A RCT

NCT00336622 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 56

Last updated 2011-02-21

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this randomized clinical trial was to examine the efficacy of a splinting (fabricated versus off-the-shelf splint)and exercise (nerve and tendon gliding versus no exercise) interventions to alter the clinical course of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS). We hypothesized that the fabricated splint with nerve and tendon gliding exercises condition would yield the best functional outcomes at 4 and 8 weeks posttesting.

Conditions

  • Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Interventions

DEVICE

Splint fabricated by an OT versus an off-the-shelf splint

Experimental: Custom-made splint and tendon-nerve gliding exercises Custom-made splint and no tendon-nerve gliding exercises Control: Control: Off-the-shelf splint and tendon-nerve gliding exercises Off-the-shelf splint and no tendon-nerve gliding exercises

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Pittsburgh

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Teresa L. Brininger, PhD · U.S. Army, University of Pittsburgh

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2004-06-30
Primary Completion
2005-03-31
Completion
2005-03-31

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