NCT04246216

Percutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Ultrasound-Guided Percutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation of the Median Nerve for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 70 (actual)
• Sponsor: Universidad Rey Juan Carlos · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

There is evidence supporting that physical therapy interventions can be effective for the management of patients with CTS. No consensus on the best approach exist. It seems clear that the median nerve is affected in several ways (compression, inflammation, excursion) in carpal tunnel syndrome. Percutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation is a treatment approach consisting of the application of an electrical current throughout needling filaments placed close to the nerve, in this case the median nerve. The purpose of this clinical trial is to compare changes in function, symptom severity and the intensity of pain after the application of Percutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation vs. endoscopic surgery in women with CTS at short- and long-term follow-up periods.

Conditions

• Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Percutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation	Experimental: Percutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation The experimental group will receive 3 sessions (once per week) of ultrasound-guided Percutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation targeted the median nerve. Once the median nerve is ultrasound identified, the needles will be left in situ at the identified points connected to an electrostimulator (ES-160 ITO co.) applying a biphasic continuous waveform, at low frequency (2 Hz)19 and with 250 microseconds pulse duration for 30mins.
PROCEDURE	Endoscopic surgery of the carpal tunnel	The surgical group will receive a surgical procedure consisting of the decompression and release of the median nerve at the carpal tunnel performed by an experienced surgeon according to standardized protocols.

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-03-01
• Primary completion: 2021-03-31
• Completion: 2022-03-31
• First posted: 2020-01-29
• Last updated: 2023-02-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain