Comparison of Flexor Retinaculum Stretch and Carpal Mobilizations in Patients With Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.

Riphah International University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Treatments: Other: Flexor retinaculum stretch; Other: Carpal bone mobilization; Other: Carpal bone mobilization and flexor retinaculum stretch

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05863780

Riphah/RCRS/REC/01317

Details and patient eligibility

About

Comparison of flexor retinaculum stretch and carpal mobilizations in carpal tunnel syndrome patients.

Full description

• Carpal Bones Mobilization tends to improve the symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome.
• Manual stretching of the flexor retinaculum effective in CTS patients.
• As there are no studies available to compare the effectiveness of flexor retinaculum stretch and carpal bone mobilization for the treatment of CTS, hence the purpose of this study is to find the effectiveness of carpal bone mobilization and flexor retinaculum stretch in improving Pain, ROM and Functional Status in patient with CTS.

Enrollment: 34 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 40 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Females
• Age between 18-40 years
• Unilateral CTS
• Already diagnosed patients of CTS.

Exclusion criteria

• Fracture of wrist
• Dislocation
• Congenital abnormalities
• Rheumatoid arthritis
• Osteoarthritis
• Liver failure
• Pregnancy
• Bilateral CTS
• Systemic neurological condition e.g.: GB syndrome, multiple sclerosis.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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34 participants in 3 patient groups

Carpal bone mobilization

Experimental group

Description:

Carpal bone mobilization will be done

Treatment:

Other: Carpal bone mobilization

Flexor retinaculum stretch

Experimental group

Description:

Flexor retinaculum stretch will be given.

Treatment:

Other: Flexor retinaculum stretch

Carpal bone mobilization and flexor retinaculum stretch

Experimental group

Description:

Carpal bone mobilization and flexor retinaculum stretch will be given together

Treatment:

Other: Carpal bone mobilization and flexor retinaculum stretch