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Effectiveness Transfer Energy Capacitive and Resistive Therapy in Patients With Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

A

Ankara City Hospital

Status

Completed

Conditions

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Energy Transfer Capacitative and Resistive Therapy

Treatments

Device: US therapy
Device: TECAR

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT06451094
E2-23-3833

Details and patient eligibility

About

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of Transfer Energy Capacitive and Resistive (TECAR) therapy on pain, symptom severity and function in patients diagnosed with carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) based on clinical and electromyography (EMG) findings and to compare it with ultrasound therapy (US).

Methods: A total of 42 patients aged between 18 and 65 years, were randomly divided into two groups; group 1, US therapy 5 minutes intermittently for 2 weeks, 5 times a week, for a total of 10 sessions, group 2 TECAR therapy 5 min capacitive (CAP) and 10 min resistive (RES), 3 days a week for 2 weeks, for a total of 6 sessions. Both groups received paraffin therapy and wrist orthosis. All Patients were evaluated using the Visual Analog Scale (VAS) for pain and paresthesia levels, the Boston Carpal Tunnel Questionnaire (BCTQ) for symptom severity and functional levels. Additionally, median nerve CSA was measured by ultrasound, at the baseline, post-treatment, first and third months.

Enrollment

42 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 65 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • 18 years of age and over
  • had pain and numbness in their hands for more than 3 months were evaluated
  • Patients diagnosed with mild and moderate CTS by EMG

Exclusion criteria

  • metabolic, rheumatic, or neurological diseases that could affect the median nerve cross-sectional area (CSA)
  • patients who had previously undergone surgery on the wrist,
  • oncology patients,
  • pregnancy,
  • pacemakers.

Trial design

Primary purpose

Treatment

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

Single Blind

42 participants in 2 patient groups

US therapy, paraffin therapy
Experimental group
Description:
Group 1, US therapy to the palmar region of the wrist, 5 minutes intermittently for 2 weeks, 5 times a week, for a total of 10 sessions and Paraffin therapy to the wrist area by dipping the hand 3 times into a paraffin bath and removing it, covering the entire wrist with paraffin, and waiting for 15 min (2 weeks, 5 times a week, for a total of 10 sessions).
Treatment:
Device: US therapy
TECAR therapy, paraffin therapy
Experimental group
Description:
Group 2, TECAR therapy to the palmar region of the wrist, 5 min capacitive (CAP) and 10 min resistive (RES), 3 days a week for 2 weeks, for a total of 6 sessions and Paraffin therapy to the wrist area by dipping the hand 3 times into a paraffin bath and removing it, covering the entire wrist with paraffin, and waiting for 15 min (2 weeks, 5 times a week, for a total of 10 sessions).
Treatment:
Device: TECAR

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