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Intraneural Facilitation as a Treatment for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

NCT03205683 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 10

Last updated 2019-09-10

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

We hypothesize that a standard course of INF can result in significant improvement in CTS as measured by clinical, electrodiagnostic, or ultrasound measures.

Conditions

  • Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Interventions

OTHER

Intraneural facilitation (INF)

INF is a novel non-invasive therapy based on the principle of restoring vascular function at the capillary level in peripheral nerve.

OTHER

Sham INF

Will be performed by a different therapist than actual INF. The patient will be asked to do the following combination of passive range of motion (PROM) and active ROM activities to promote blood flow in the affected arm.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Loma Linda University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Bryan Tsao, MD · Loma Linda University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
19 Years
Max Age
74 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-01-29
Primary Completion
2019-02-22
Completion
2019-02-22

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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