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
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
74 participants
OBSERVATIONAL
2013-01-31
2014-12-31
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Conditions
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Study Design
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CASE_CONTROL
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
* 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
* 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
20 Years
ALL
Yes
Sponsors
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Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation
OTHER
Responsible Party
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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.
Other Identifiers
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TCRD-TPE-102-05
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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