NCT05405647

Extra Corporeal Shock Wave Versus Kinesio Tape in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Extra Corporeal Shock Wave Versus Kinesio Tape in the Treatment of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome for Post Menopausal Women

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 50 (actual)
• Sponsor: Cairo University · Academic / Other
• Sex: —
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study would be conducted to answer the following question: was there any difference between the effects of Shock wave versus Kinesio Tape in the treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome for post-menopausal women.

Detailed description

Fifty menopausal women with mild to moderate CTS were selected randomly from outpatient clinic of the physical therapy department of El khazendara general hospital, Age was ranged from 45 - 55 years old. Group A, consisted of 25 patients who received a program of 6 session of Shock wave Therapy on the affected wrist,5 minute per session. Group B Represented the control group, it consisted of 25 patients who received a program of kinesio tape application on the affected wrist for 3 days.

Conditions

• Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Shock wave Therapy	a program of 6 session of Shock wave Therapy on the affected wrist,5 minute per session and a frequency of 5 Hz., 1 sessions per week for 6 weeks.
DEVICE	kinesio tape	kinesio tape application on the affected wrist for 3 days and then one day off and then another 3 days each week for 6weeks.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-07-01
• Primary completion: 2022-01-29
• Completion: 2022-01-30
• First posted: 2022-06-06
• Last updated: 2022-06-07

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Egypt