NCT05490420

Effects of Upper Extremity Manual Lymphatic Drainage on Symptom Severity, Hand Functions, Electrophysiological and Ultrasonographic Measurements in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 27 (actual)
• Sponsor: Istanbul Medeniyet University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 40 Years – 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study is aimed to investigate the effects of upper extremity manual lymphatic drainage, which is applied to remove edema from the carpal tunnel region in addition to conventional exercise therapy in Carpal tunnel syndrome patients on findings of clinical, ultrasonographic, and electrophysiological.

Detailed description

Thirtyfour volunteer participants between aged 40 and 60 years, who met the inclusion criteria, will be included in the study. Participants will be randomly divided into two groups experimental and control groups. While the control group will receive only conventional exercises, the experimental group will receive both conventional exercises and upper extremity manual lymphatic drainage. A total of 3 measurements will be made before the treatment, after the treatment and 1 month after the end of the treatment. Symptom severity will be evaluated via Boston carpal tunnel syndrome questionnaire, grip strength via hand dynamometer, pressure pain threshold via digital algometer device, cross-sectional area of the median nerve via ultrasound, and median nerve conduction velocity via superficial EMG device.

Conditions

• Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	manual lymphatic drainage (MLD)	MLD is a manual technique that is applied to the lymphatic system with a pressure of approximately 40-50mmHg and increases the working speed of lymphatic nodules/collectors. Its main purpose is to support microcirculation by accelerating lymphatic flow and to prevent/remove interstitial fluid accumulation that may cause fascial adhesions.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-09-05
• Primary completion: 2023-06-03
• Completion: 2023-07-30
• First posted: 2022-08-05
• Last updated: 2023-09-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)