Static magnetic field therapy for carpal tunnel syndrome: a feasibility study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To assess the feasibility of conducting trials of static magnetic field (SMF) therapy for carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), to collect preliminary data on the effectiveness of 2 SMF dosages, and to explore the influence of an SMF on median nerve conduction.

Design

Randomized, double-blind, sham-controlled trial with a 6-week intervention and a 12-week follow-up.

Setting

University hospital outpatient clinics.

Participants

Women and men (N=60), ages 21 to 65 years, with an electrophysiologically confirmed CTS diagnosis recruited from the general population.

Interventions

Participants wore nightly either neodymium magnets that delivered either 15 or 45 mTesla (mT) to the contents of the carpal canal or a nonmagnetic disk.

Main outcome measures

SUBMITTER: Colbert AP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3018287 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature