NCT04302909

Effectiveness of fESWT in the Treatment of CTS

The Effectiveness of Focused Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy in the Treatment of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: A Pilot Study

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 40 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Medical University of Vienna · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 99 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is the most common entrapment neuropathy in the general population.The focus extracorporeal shock wave (fEWST) is a non invasive treatment for various diseases. FESWT is new and potential treatment for peripheral nerve entrapment/ peripheral neuropathy . But there is still little known about the effects and long term effects of fESWT in the treatment of CTS.

Detailed description

The aim of this study is to determine the effectiveness of fESWT in patients with carpal tunnel syndrome compared to participants receiving only night splint. Therefore 40 patients with mild to moderate CTS (verified by nerve conduction velocity) will be randomized to receive either fESWT (1-session a week for 3 weeks) or sham fESWT(1-session a week for 3 weeks). All subjects will be asked to wear night splints. Evaluation will be performed at baseline (VAS, hand grip, electrodiagnostic parameters, questionnaires), 3 weeks (VAS, hand grip, questionnaires), 12 and 24 weeks (VAS, hand grip, electrodiagnostic parameters, questionnaires) after treatment.

Conditions

• Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	focused extracorporeal shock wave therapy	40 Patients with mild to moderate CTS will be randomized to receive either fESWT (1-session a week for 3 weeks) or sham fESWT(1-session a week for 3 weeks). All subjects will be asked to wear night splints.
OTHER	sham focused extracorporeal shock wave therapy	40 Patients with mild to moderate CTS will be randomized to receive either fESWT (1-session a week for 3 weeks) or sham fESWT(1-session a week for 3 weeks). All subjects will be asked to wear night splints.
OTHER	night splint	40 Patients with mild to moderate CTS will be randomized to receive either fESWT (1-session a week for 3 weeks) or sham fESWT(1-session a week for 3 weeks). All subjects will be asked to wear night splints.

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-04-24
• Primary completion: 2021-05-01
• Completion: 2021-06-01
• First posted: 2020-03-10
• Last updated: 2020-03-10

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Austria