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Mechanisms of Neural Mobilization in the Treatment of Chronic Pain

NCT00929123 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE1/PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2015-03-17

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Summary

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of a manual therapy technique (neural mobilization) on measures of clinical pain and function, experimental pain sensitivity, and on the function of the median nerve in individuals with carpal tunnel syndrome. The investigators hypothesized that individuals receiving a neural mobilization technique known to directly stress the median nerve would demonstrate greater improvements in clinical pain and function, experimental pain sensitivity, and median nerve function than those receiving a sham technique.

Conditions

  • Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Interventions

PROCEDURE

neural mobilization

manual therapy technique known to directly stress the median nerve

PROCEDURE

sham neural mobilization

sham technique mimicking the neural mobilization which is not specific to the median nerve

OTHER

healthy controls

People without carpal tunnel syndrome for comparison

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)

    collaborator NIH

  • University of Florida

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Steven Z George, PhD · University of Florida Department of Physical Therapy

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
70 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-05-31
Primary Completion
2008-07-31
Completion
2009-06-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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