Prospective, Randomized, Double-Blinded, Sham-Controlled Pilot Study of Intraneural Facilitation as a Treatment for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To perform a pilot study to assess the efficacy of intraneural facilitation, a novel manual technique, in the treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS).

Design

Patients with clinical and electrodiagnostic evidence of CTS were randomized into intraneural facilitation or sham groups.

Setting

Electrodiagnostic laboratory in a university medical center.

Participants

Patients referred to our electrodiagnostic laboratory were screened based on nerve conduction studies that were diagnostic for distal median neuropathy at the wrist or CTS. A total of 14 participants were enrolled; 4 participants withdrew prior to randomization, with the remaining 10 participants (N=10) divided equally between treatment and control groups. There was a 9:1 female-to-male sex ra

SUBMITTER: Baker NA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9214342 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature