NCT05681663

The Effectiveness of Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy for Management of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Status unknown NA Last updated 12 January 2023

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Electroshock Wave therapy in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome in 30 participants. Status unknown.

Timeline

1 February 2023

Primary endpoint
1 March 2023

1 May 2023

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Ahi Evran University Education and Research Hospital
Phase	NA
Status	Status unknown
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	single group
Masking	single
Primary purpose	treatment
Enrollment	30
Start date	1 February 2023
Primary completion	1 March 2023
Estimated completion	1 May 2023
Sites	1 location across Turkey (Türkiye)

Drugs / interventions tested

• Electroshock Wave therapy

Conditions studied

• Carpal Tunnel Syndrome — all drugs for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome →

Sponsor

Ahi Evran University Education and Research Hospital

Who can join

Eligibility, any sex, with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Peripheral nerve entrapment neuropathies are the most common mononeuropathies in clinical practice. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS), n. It occurs as a result of compression of the medianus as it passes through the carpal tunnel, a narrow osteofibrous canal. CTS is the most common entrapment neuropathy of the upper extremity, affecting approximately 3% of the general adult population.

This study, which was designed as a randomized controlled study, will include 36 patients with CTS, aged between 18-65, who applied to Kırşehir Ahi Evran University Training and Research Hospital. In our study, both groups will be given 10 minutes of paraffin, 20 minutes of TENS, and 10 repetitions of tendon gliding exercise, 3 days a week for a total of 3 weeks (9 sessions). EESDT will be applied once a week in both groups (one group at 4 bar and the other at 1.5 bar pressure). Measurements will be made before treatment, after treatment, and at 12 weeks post-treatment.

In the literature, different pressure parameters were used in studies examining the efficacy of ESDT in the treatment of CTS. Although ESDT has been shown to have a curative effect on CTS, there is no consensus on which pressure parameter is more effective. Therefore, in this study, the effectiveness of ESDT applied at different pressure parameters in the treatment of CTS will be examined.

Publications & conference data

1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

1. Comparison of high- and low-dose radial extracorporeal shock wave therapy in carpal tunnel syndrome.
   Ceylan İ, Kürtüncüoğlu B, Tuncay F, Canli M, et al · · 2025 · cited 2× · PMID 40332277 · DOI 10.1590/1806-9282.20241815