NCT00856011

Nerve Morphology in Diabetic Patients

Posterior Interosseous Nerve Pathology May Provide Novel Insights Into Both Predisposition and Potential Vascular Basis for the Development of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome in Diabetic Patients.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 46 (actual)
• Sponsor: Skane University Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The underlying basis of carpal tunnel syndrome and the basis of its increased incidence in diabetes are unknown. The aim of this study was to quantified pathology in an uncompressed nerve (posterior interosseous nerve in the forearm between diabetic and non-diabetic patients with CTS.

Conditions

• Peripheral Neuropathy
• Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
• Entrapment Neuropathies
• Diabetes Complications

Timeline

• Start date: 2003-12-01
• Completion: 2008-04-01
• First posted: 2009-03-05
• Last updated: 2009-03-05

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Sweden