Pain Reduction Produced by Different Treatments in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Trial end date: 2020-07-20
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Pain reduction effects of the median nerve neural mobilization technique (a physiotherapy treatment) will be compared to those produced by a pharmaceutical treatment and the absence of treatment, in subjects who suffer carpal tunnel syndrome.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Francisco Unda Solano
• Treatments: Ibuprofen

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Participants must be medically diagnosed with unilateral carpal tunnel syndrome (with confirmative electrodiagnostic findings).

• Full understanding of written and spoken Spanish (language).

• Participants must freely consent to participate.

• The presence of positive Phalen an Tinel sings.

• The presence of carpal tunnel syndrome signs and symptoms

Exclusion Criteria:

• The lack to meet inclusion criterions, the presence of cognitive impairment, tumors, cancer, recent (affected) upper limb surgery or trauma, pregnancy, kinesiophobia, deformities of the (affected) upper limb, recent skin injuries or infections (in the affected upper limb), autoimmune inflammatory conditions or flu type symptoms, allergy to ibuprofen, and also: participants must not be (during the present investigation) under any type of pain reducing treatment (conservative, homeopathic, invasive or not invasive).