ArticleCaspian journal of internal medicine2018
Manual therapy in the treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome in diabetic patients: A randomized clinical trial.
Article in Caspian journal of internal medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06598748 (Effect of Mechanical Interface Mobilization Technique on Pain and Functional Status in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome), which is not on this map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Effect of Mechanical Interface Mobilization Technique on Pain and Functional Status in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
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- Effectiveness of Conservative Treatment According to Severity and Systemic Disease in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- Comparison of two manual therapy techniques in patients with carpal tunnel syndrome: A randomized clinical trial.Caspian journal of internal medicine · 2020Article
- Effects of Exercise and Enzyme Therapy in Early Occupational Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: A Preliminary Study.BioMed research international · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundGenerally, conservative interventions including physiotherapy modalities and manual therapy have been recommended in the management of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), but this subject has not been studied in diabetic patients with CTS. Therefore the aim of this study was to investigate the effects of manual therapy on diabetic patients with CTS.
methodsThirty diabetic patients with CTS were randomly divided into two equal groups: modality group and manual therapy group. Participants in the modality group received transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) and therapeutic ultrasound (US) and patients in the manual therapy group received manual techniques for the median nerve and its surrounding structures. Interventions were applied 3 times weekly for 4 weeks in both groups. Visual analogue scale (VAS), symptom severity scale (SSS), functional status scale (FSS) and median neurodynamic test (MNT) were evaluated before and after the interventions in both groups. Paired t-test and independent t-test were used for statistical analysis.
resultsPaired t-test revealed that all of the outcome measures had a significant change in the manual therapy group, whereas only the VAS and SSS changed significantly in the modality group at the end of 4 weeks. Independent t-test showed that the variables of SSS, FSS and MNT in the manual therapy group improved significantly greater than the modality group.
conclusionsManual therapy techniques applied to mechanical interface of the median nerve and nerve mobilization possess more appropriate and valuable effects on hand difficulties than modalities in diabetic patients with CTS.
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