NCT06399380

In Patients With Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Median Nerve Conduction is Evaluated After Moving the Wrist Bones

Immediate Effect of Manual Mobilization of the Carpal Bones on the Neural Conduction of the Median Nerve in Patients With Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: Randomized Clinical Trial

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 30 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Universidad de Zaragoza · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to analyze the immediate effect of manual mobilization techniques of the carpal bones on the median nerve, in patients with carpal tunnel syndrome. The main question it aims to answer is whether there is an immediate positive effect on the electrophysiological variables of the median nerve in patients with carpal tunnel syndrome after performing this technique. Participants will undergo a carpal bone mobilization technique. There will be a comparison group that will not undergo the technique. The researchers will compare the control and intervention groups to see if the technique has an immediate positive effect.

Conditions

• Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Manual mobilization of the carpal bones.	The mobilization of the carpal bones will be done in the following way: patient in supine position, with elbow flexion of approximately 90º, so that the forearm and wrist are almost vertical. The examiner positions the thumb on the dorsal aspect of the scaphoid and trapezius, and the index finger on the dorsal aspect of the piriformis and hamate. Next, a manual ventral force is applied until the resistance of the wrist tissues is felt for 30 seconds. The technique will be repeated 5 times, with a 10-second rest between each application.
OTHER	Placebo	A technique will be performed that will have no effect; the hands will be placed at a point that will not be the carpal tunnel, such as the forearm.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-01-15
• Primary completion: 2024-05-10
• Completion: 2024-06-15
• First posted: 2024-05-03
• Last updated: 2024-05-03

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain