NCT03580265

Efficacy of Laser Acupuncture for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 40 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Tri-Service General Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 20 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The laser acupuncture is a new and potential intervention for the disease of peripheral nerve. The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of laser acupucnture therapy on carpal tunnel syndrome.

Detailed description

Laser acupuncture is combined low level laser with acupuncture points. Investigators perform a prospective randomized, single-blinded study to investigate the efficacy of laser acupuncture in patients with carpal tunnel syndrome. Patients were randomized into intervention and control group. Participants in intervention group received six-sessions of laser acupuncture and six-sessions of sham laser acupuncture was given in control group. All participants used wrist splint at night. The evaluation was performed pretreatment as well as on the 2th, 4th, 8th and 12th week after the treatment.

Conditions

• Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	laser phototherapy device with low level laser	The wavelength of low level laser is 808nm and the power output of low level laser is 300mW.

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-01-01
• Primary completion: 2019-12-31
• Completion: 2019-12-31
• First posted: 2018-07-09
• Last updated: 2019-04-10

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Taiwan