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Effectiveness of Mirror Therapy in Patients With Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

NCT05115396 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2023-05-15

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Summary

Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is the most prevalent entrapment neuropathy. CTS presents with motor and sensory disturbances, including pain, paraesthesia, and numbness in the fingers and hand. Therefore, CTS has a great impact on the activities of daily living.

There are non-surgical treatments that can be effective in people who experience mild or moderate symptoms derived from CTS. Among them, flexor tendon and median nerve sliding exercises may offer an improvement in pain severity and symptoms, strength, wrist joint range, functionality, and quality of life for people with CTS. However, there are few studies on the effectiveness of treatments focused on the mechanisms of neuroplasticity through techniques aimed at rehabilitating different deficits.

Mirror therapy (MT) may be beneficial in musculoskeletal injuries that occur with pain and reduced functionality of a body segment. For example, in people with acute stroke, orthopaedic hand injuries or complex regional pain syndrome type 1. However, its effect has not been studied in patients with CTS in mild or moderate stages.

Thus, the objective of this study is to analyze the effectiveness of MT with conventional CTS exercises in symptoms of median nerve compression, pain, mobility, strength and motor functionality in patients with CTS.

Conditions

  • Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Interventions

OTHER

Mirror therapy

The patient shall be seated in a chair with a table in front of him/her. On the table there is a mirror in the sagittal plane between the two upper extremities. The affected hand will be behind the mirror, without visibility, while the hand without symptoms will be reflected laterally in the mirror. Thus, the mirror will reflect the movements of the unaffected side as if these movements were executed with the affected side. During the procedure, patients will be instructed to concentrate on the hand reflected in the mirror.

OTHER

Cross-education treatment

Participants will perform the same exercise protocol with the unaffected hand and without the use of a mirror.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Valencia

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Pilar Serra-Añó, Dr · Univeristy of Valencia

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
100 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-12-01
Primary Completion
2022-07-26
Completion
2022-07-26

Countries

  • Spain

Study Locations

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