NCT05500079

Transctunaous Pulsed Radiofrequency Therapy in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Efficacy of Transctunaous Pulsed Radiofrequency Therapy in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Diskapi Teaching and Research Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The aim of this study is to examine the effect of transcutaneous pulsed radiofrequency current in the treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome.

Detailed description

Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is the most common peripheral neuropathy. Wrist splint is the first-line treatment option for CTS. Pulsed radiofrequency therapy is used in the treatment of chronic pain. 60 carpal tunnel syndrome patients diagnosed with electroneuromyelography will be included in the study. 30 patients will wear wrist splints for 1 month. In the other 30 patients, pulsed radiofrequency current will be given through the wrist median nerve trace. RF current will be applied through transcutaneous pads. It will be applied once a week for a total of 2 sessions, 8 minutes each. Boston carpal tunnel syndrome questionnaire with visual analog scale (VAS) will be applied to all patients before and after the treatment at 1 week and 1 month. Our aim is to compare the effectiveness of wrist splint and pulsed rf therapy.

Conditions

• Peripheral Neuropathy
• Chronic Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Wrist splint	A wrist splint is a It stabilizes your wrist. Wearing a wrist splint minimizes pressure on the median nerve.
OTHER	Pulsed radiofrequency current	Pulsed rf current is delivered to the median nerve trace via transcutaneous pads. Pain expression is suppressed in the dorsal horn of the spinal cord.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-08-01
• Primary completion: 2023-05-30
• Completion: 2023-06-01
• First posted: 2022-08-12
• Last updated: 2023-05-16

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)