Clinical trial NCT03634618: Efficiency of Mirror Therapy After Carpal Tunnel Surgery
Official title: Effects of Mirror Therapy After Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Surgery: Randomized Controlled Study
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Physiotherapy
Rehabilitation
Keywords: carpal tunnel syndrome
mirror therapy
postoperative rehabilitation
physical therapy modalities
median nerve
Lead sponsor: Istanbul University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2018-08-16
Enrollment: 35
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 25
Maximum age (years): 65
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: Randomized Controlled Study
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: In the randomized controlled study with patients who appropriate the inclusion criteria are divided into two groups by simple drawing method. In the control group, the classical physiotherapy program is being applied when the post-operative immobilization period ended, MT is applied to the mirror group in addition to this treatment for 20 minutes and a total of 10 sessions in the immobilization period. Patients who are scheduled for operation due to CTS evaluated that pain (VAS), sense (monofilament test), function (BCTQ, 9-hole peg test) before surgery, 3 weeks and 6 weeks after surgery.

Detailed description: PURPOSE: The aim of this study is to investigate the efficacy of mirror therapy (MT).

METHOD: In the randomized controlled study with patients who appropriate the inclusion criteria are divided into two groups by simple drawing method. In the control group, the classical physiotherapy program is being applied when the post-operative immobilization period ended, MT is applied to the mirror group in addition to this treatment for 20 minutes and a total of 10 sessions in the immobilization period. Patients who are scheduled for operation due to CTS evaluated that pain (VAS), sense (monofilament test), function (BCTQ, 9-hole peg test) before surgery, 3 weeks and 6 weeks after surgery. The SPSS 21.0 statistical program will be used in the data analysis of the study and the level of significance wiil be accepted as p\<0,05.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Carpal tunnel diagnosis and open surgery are planned,
* Having the ability to adapt to exercises,
* Voluntarily agree to participate in the work

Exclusion Criteria:

* With the forearm and hand trauma story
* In the last 6 months, local corticosteroid injections to the treatment area have been performed
* Infection in the treatment area
* Having a deformity in hand
* The presence of malignancy
* Being pregnant

Primary outcomes:
measure: Boston Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Questionnaire (the change of severity and functional status)
timeFrame: before surgery, 3 weeks and 6 weeks after surgery (3 repetitive measurements)
Secondary outcomes:
measure: 9-Hole Peg Test
timeFrame: before surgery, 3 weeks and 6 weeks after surgery
measure: Semmes Weinstein Monofilaman Test
timeFrame: before surgery, 3 weeks and 6 weeks after surgery
measure: Visual Analog Scale
timeFrame: before surgery, 3 weeks and 6 weeks after surgery
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Istanbul
country: Turkey
facility: Istanbul University
state: Bakirkoy
Study officials:
affiliation: Research Assistant
name: Tugba Karaaslan
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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