Ratio of the Cross Sectional Area of Median Nerve to Ulnar Nerve in Diagnosing Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

NCT ID: NCT03033173

Last Updated: 2017-01-26

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

74 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2013-01-31

Study Completion Date

2014-12-31

Brief Summary

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An innovative diagnostic ultrasound method for carpal tunnel syndrome was proposed and compared between carpal tunnel syndrome patients and healthy volunteers.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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An Innovative Diagnostic Method for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

CASE_CONTROL

Study Time Perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Study Groups

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CTS group

No interventions assigned to this group

Healthy subjects

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* CTS patients were required to have subjective symptoms of numbness, tingling pain, or dysesthesia over the median nerve innervated area of the involved hand.
* Patients should have positive response in either Tinel's test or Phalen's test during physical examination
* Evidence of median neuropathy at wrist level in NCS.
* Control subjects should have neither symptoms nor signs of CTS along with no abnormal findings in electrodiagnostic study of the median nerve and the ulnar nerve across the wrist joint.

Exclusion Criteria

* Age younger than 20 years old
* Electrodiagnostic evidence of ulnar neuropathy at the wrist level
* Previous trauma or surgery history of hand
* Medical history of hypothyroidism, diabetes mellitus, uremia, rheumatoid arthritis, amyloidosis, and acromegaly
* Pregnancy
Minimum Eligible Age

20 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

References

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Chang YW, Hsieh TC, Tzeng IS, Chiu V, Huang PJ, Horng YS. Ratio and difference of the cross-sectional area of median nerve to ulnar nerve in diagnosing carpal tunnel syndrome: a case control study. BMC Med Imaging. 2019 Jul 4;19(1):52. doi: 10.1186/s12880-019-0351-3.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 31272405 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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TCRD-TPE-102-05

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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