ArticleJournal of physical therapy science2015
Splinting is effective for night-only symptomatic carpal tunnel syndrome patients.
Article in Journal of physical therapy science, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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- Clinical and electrophysiological efficacy of extracorporeal shock-wave therapy in carpal tunnel syndrome: a placebo-controlled, double-blind clinical trial.Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira (1992) · 2023Trial
- Efficacy of paraffin wax bath for carpal tunnel syndrome: a randomized comparative study.International journal of biometeorology · 2017Trial
- Use of palmitoylethanolamide in carpal tunnel syndrome: a prospective randomized study.Journal of orthopaedics and traumatology : official journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology · 2017Trial
- Short-term clinical outcomes of mirogabalin for carpal tunnel syndrome: A single-center retrospective pilot study.Journal of orthopaedics · 2025Article
- Splinting for carpal tunnel syndrome.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Review
- The Effect of Acupuncture on Hand and Wrist Pain Intensity, Functional Status, and Quality of Life in Adults: A Systematic Review.Medical acupuncture · 2022Review
- The use of orthoses in the treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome. A review of the literature from the last 10 years.Reumatologia · 2022Review
- Electrophysiological Assessment for Splinting in the Treatment of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.Neurologia medico-chirurgica · 2017Article
- Clinical and electrophysiological evaluation of neutral wrist nocturnal splinting in patients with carpal tunnel syndrome.Journal of physical therapy science · 2016Article
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Abstract
[Purpose] Carpal tunnel syndrome is the most common entrapment neuropathy of the median nerve. Splinting is one of the most used conservative treatment methods for carpal tunnel syndrome. The aim of this study was to show the effectiveness of splinting in carpal tunnel syndrome patients who were divided into two groups according to their level of symptoms. [Subjects and Methods] A total of 40 carpal tunnel syndrome patients were divided into 2 groups based on having symptoms only at night or during the day were included in this study. These two groups were compared at the end of a 3-months splinting therapy in terms of improvement of severity of symptoms, functional capacity, pain level, and electrophysiological findings. [Results] Pain levels of both groups were similar at baseline. After splinting, pain levels of night-only symptomatic patients were lower than those of sustained symptomatic ones. No differences were found in symptom severity, functional capacity, and the electrophysiological findings in either group after the splinting. [Conclusion] The results of this study show that splinting alone may be sufficient to decrease the pain for night-only symptomatic patients. Combined therapy methods may be needed for sustained symptomatic patients.
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