Efficiency of Mirror Therapy After Carpal Tunnel Surgery

Istanbul University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Rehabilitation; Physiotherapy; Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Treatments: Other: Convantional Physiotherapy; Other: Mirror Therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03634618

IstanbulTK1

Details and patient eligibility

About

In the randomized controlled study with patients who appropriate the inclusion criteria are divided into two groups by simple drawing method. In the control group, the classical physiotherapy program is being applied when the post-operative immobilization period ended, MT is applied to the mirror group in addition to this treatment for 20 minutes and a total of 10 sessions in the immobilization period. Patients who are scheduled for operation due to CTS evaluated that pain (VAS), sense (monofilament test), function (BCTQ, 9-hole peg test) before surgery, 3 weeks and 6 weeks after surgery.

Full description

PURPOSE: The aim of this study is to investigate the efficacy of mirror therapy (MT).

METHOD: In the randomized controlled study with patients who appropriate the inclusion criteria are divided into two groups by simple drawing method. In the control group, the classical physiotherapy program is being applied when the post-operative immobilization period ended, MT is applied to the mirror group in addition to this treatment for 20 minutes and a total of 10 sessions in the immobilization period. Patients who are scheduled for operation due to CTS evaluated that pain (VAS), sense (monofilament test), function (BCTQ, 9-hole peg test) before surgery, 3 weeks and 6 weeks after surgery. The SPSS 21.0 statistical program will be used in the data analysis of the study and the level of significance wiil be accepted as p<0,05.

Enrollment: 35 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 25 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Carpal tunnel diagnosis and open surgery are planned,
• Having the ability to adapt to exercises,
• Voluntarily agree to participate in the work

Exclusion criteria

• With the forearm and hand trauma story
• In the last 6 months, local corticosteroid injections to the treatment area have been performed
• Infection in the treatment area
• Having a deformity in hand
• The presence of malignancy
• Being pregnant

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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35 participants in 2 patient groups

Mirror Therapy

Experimental group

Description:

Mirror Therapy program for 2 weeks and convantional physiotherapy for 4 weeks. Exercises Frequency: 5 days/week; 2 days with the physiotherapist, other days as home program; 2 weeks in total. Exercises Duration: 20 minutes. Exercises Repetation: 20 repetation for each exercise.

Treatment:

Other: Mirror Therapy

Other: Convantional Physiotherapy

Convantional Physiotherapy

Experimental group

Description:

Convantional physiotherapy for 6 weeks. Exercises Frequency: 3 times a day, 4 weeks in total. Exercises Duration: 15-20 minutes. Exercises Repetation: 10 repetation for each exercise.

Treatment:

Other: Convantional Physiotherapy