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

NCT00634699 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE1/PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2011-06-28

No results posted yet for this study

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.

Conditions

  • Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Active Comparator, ischemic compressions

Ischemic Compressions,3 times a week,5 weeks.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Guy Hains Chiropractor

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Guy Hains, DC · Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Max Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-09-30
Primary Completion
2010-06-30
Completion
2010-09-30

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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