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Adding Shock Wave Therapy to Kinesio Taping Improves Carpal Tunnel Syndrome in Physical Therapist Females.

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Cairo University (CU)

Status

Enrolling

Conditions

Physiopathology

Treatments

Device: Shockwave
Other: conventional physical therapy
Other: Kinesio taping

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

Details and patient eligibility

About

PURPOSE: To investigate the effect of adding Shock wave therapy to kinesio taping on relieving carpal tunnel syndrome symptoms in physical therapist females.

BACKGROUND: shockwave therapy is a popular non-invasive therapeutic modality in the medical field for the treatment of numerous musculoskeletal disorders. Shockwaves can generate interstitial and extracellular responses, producing many beneficial effects such as: pain relief, vascularization, protein biosynthesis, cell proliferation, neuro and chondroprotection, and destruction of calcium deposits in musculoskeletal structures. shockwave combined with conventional physiotherapy is an effective noninvasive treatment for mild-to-moderate carpal tunnel syndrome that produces greater and longer-lasting results than conventional physiotherapy alone HYPOTHESES: Adding Shock wave therapy to kinesio taping has positive effects on carpal tunnel syndrome in physical therapist females.

RESEARCH QUESTION: Does adding Shock wave therapy to kinesio taping has positive effects on carpal tunnel syndrome in physical therapist females?

Enrollment

100 estimated patients

Sex

Female

Ages

20 to 40 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • Patients aged between 20 and 40 years
  • diagnosed as having mild and moderate carpal tunnel syndrome through clinical parameters and nerve conduction studies (NCSs),

Exclusion criteria

  • Having any systemic diseases such as renal failure, peptic ulcer, diabetes mellitus, hypothyroidism, coagulopathy, inflammatory rheumatic disease, having a cardiac pacemaker, cervical radiculopathy, polyneuropathy or brachial plexopathy, systemic corticosteroid use, fracture or trauma history in the forearm and wrist pregnancy and lactation, having received a carpal tunnel syndrome surgery, thoracic outlet syndrome or severe carpal tunnel syndrome.

Trial design

Primary purpose

Treatment

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

Single Blind

100 participants in 2 patient groups

Shockwave
Experimental group
Description:
One group received shock wave therapy with the conventional physical therapy program including kinesio taping
Treatment:
Other: Kinesio taping
Other: conventional physical therapy
Device: Shockwave
conventional
Active Comparator group
Description:
conventional physical therapy program including kinesio taping without shock wave therapy
Treatment:
Other: Kinesio taping
Other: conventional physical therapy

Trial contacts and locations

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Central trial contact

Mina Wahba, PhD

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