Comparison of Focused and Radial Extracorporeal Shock Wave for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Tri-Service General Hospital

Status: Withdrawn

Conditions: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Treatments: Device: Extracorporeal shock wave

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03671473

TSGHIRB: 1-107-05-074

Details and patient eligibility

About

Extracorporeal shock wave is a novel treatment for peripheral nerve entrapment. This study was designed to compare the efficacy of focused and radial extracorporeal shock wave for carpal tunnel syndrome.

Full description

Both focused and radial extracorporeal shock wave had been proved to treat carpal tunnel syndrome by several studies. However, there was no study comparing these two methods. Considering different mechanisms and costs, this randomized comparative trial would be conducted to compare the efficacy of focused and radial extracorporeal shock wave for carpal tunnel syndrome.

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Clinical and electrophysiological diagnosis of CTS

Exclusion criteria

• Cervical radiculopathy
• Polyneuropathy
• Brachial plexopathy
• Thoracic outlet syndrome
• Previous wrist surgery or steroid injection for CTS

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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0 participants in 2 patient groups

Focused

Experimental group

Description:

fESWT (0.05-0.29 mJ/mm2, 2000 shocks, 5 Hz)

Treatment:

Device: Extracorporeal shock wave

Radial

Active Comparator group

Description:

rESWT (2000shocks, 4 Bar, 5Hz)

Treatment:

Device: Extracorporeal shock wave