Effect of Lumbrical Stretching on Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
NCT ID: NCT00803257
Last Updated: 2012-06-13
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
NA
124 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2008-03-31
2011-01-31
Brief Summary
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The purpose of this study is to systematically examine the effect of an intensive lumbrical muscle intervention, splinting to prevent lumbrical muscle incursion and lumbrical muscle exercises, on the symptoms of CTS. This project will be a randomized clinical trial to evaluate the effectiveness of a home program targeting the lumbrical muscles. One hundred and twenty subjects will be assigned to one of 4 groups: Group 1 will receive a home program of lumbrical muscle stretches combined with a lumbrical positioning splint; Group 2 will receive a home program of lumbrical muscle stretches combined with a night wrist cock-up splint; Group 3 will receive a home program of general stretches combined with a lumbrical positioning splint; and Group 4 will receive a home program of general stretches combined with a night wrist cock-up splint. After 1 month, 3 months, and 6 months the groups will be compared to determine if there is a significant reduction in symptoms between the groups.
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Detailed Description
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Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
FACTORIAL
TREATMENT
SINGLE
Study Groups
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1
Lumbrical splint and lumbrical stretches
Lumbrical splint and Lumbrical exercises
Subjects receive one of four possible interventions - Dose and Frequency are the same for each
2
Lumbrical Splint and regular exercises
Lumbrical splint and Lumbrical exercises
Subjects receive one of four possible interventions - Dose and Frequency are the same for each
3
Regular splint and lumbrical exercises
Lumbrical splint and Lumbrical exercises
Subjects receive one of four possible interventions - Dose and Frequency are the same for each
4
Regular splint and regular exercises
Lumbrical splint and Lumbrical exercises
Subjects receive one of four possible interventions - Dose and Frequency are the same for each
Interventions
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Lumbrical splint and Lumbrical exercises
Subjects receive one of four possible interventions - Dose and Frequency are the same for each
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Clinical symptoms of Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS)
* Positive Tinel's, Phalen's, or Durkin's test
* Absence of thenar atrophy
* 2 pt discrimination of 5mm or less
Exclusion Criteria
* Pregnancy
* Compressive neuropathy in the ipsilateral arm
* Diabetes
* prior CTS release
* Non-English speaking
18 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Arthritis Foundation
OTHER
University of Pittsburgh
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Nancy Baker
Associate Professor
Locations
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University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Countries
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References
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Baker NA, Moehling KK, Desai AR, Gustafson NP. Effect of carpal tunnel syndrome on grip and pinch strength compared with sex- and age-matched normative data. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2013 Dec;65(12):2041-5. doi: 10.1002/acr.22089.
Baker NA, Moehling KK, Rubinstein EN, Wollstein R, Gustafson NP, Baratz M. The comparative effectiveness of combined lumbrical muscle splints and stretches on symptoms and function in carpal tunnel syndrome. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2012 Jan;93(1):1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2011.08.013.
Other Identifiers
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07030166
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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