Kinesiotaping: Kinesiotaping, unlike wrist splints, which are frequently used in the treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome, does not restrict daily living activities. Space correction technique will be applied while performing kinesio taping.
Peloidotherapy: Peloidotherapy stands out among superficial heating physical therapy modalities with its mineral and natural origin.
Home exercise: Flexor tendon gliding exercises, median nerve gliding exercises, and isometric wrist strengthening exercises will be given as exercises.
Study summary
Patients diagnosed with mild and moderate idiopathic CTS will be randomly divided into three groups. Patients who received 15 sessions of peloid therapy along with a home exercise program will constitute the first group. The second group will consist of patients who received a total of 6 sessions of kinesiotaping twice a week along with a home exercise program. Patients who were given only a home exercise program will be included in the third group. "Patients will be evaluated in detail in terms of clinical examination and outcomes three weeks after the end of treatment and again at three months.
Eligibility
Sex
ALL
Min age
18 Months
Max age
65 Months
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion Criteria:
* Being between the ages of 18-65
* Agreeing to participate voluntarily in the study
* Being diagnosed with mild or moderate idiopathic chronic CTS as a result of anamnesis, clinical examination and nerve conduction study
Exclusion Criteria:
* Presence of predisposing etiological factors for CTS such as diabetes mellitus, chronic kidney and liver disease, acromegaly, rheumatological diseases, acute trauma, hypothyroidism, etc.
* Being diagnosed with severe CTS
* Having a history of previous wrist surgery or trauma
* Having atrophy in the thenar region or weakness in the thenar muscles
* Having cervical radiculopathy, thoracic outlet syndrome, polyneuropathy, brachial neuropathy or proximal median nerve neuropathy
* Having had steroid injections in the last 3 months and taking oral steroid medications
* Being pregnant
* Having an open wound or rash in the wrist and its surroundings that would prevent treatment
* Patients who are receiving or will receive another/additional treatment for CTS
* Patients with a bifid median nerve, persistent median artery, ganglion cyst, tenosynovitis, or tendinitis in the wrist.
Primary outcome measure(s)
VAS pain — baseline, week 3 and week 12 A 10 cm long line is drawn, this line is divided into 10 intervals of 10 mm width, 0: no pain and 10: the most severe pain is explained, and the patient is asked to mark the value corresponding to the resting pain and the pain during movement on the scale.
The Boston Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Questionnaire — baseline, week 3 and week 12 The Turkish version of the Boston Carpal Tunnel Questionnaire score. It is used to evaluate the symptom severity and functionality of the patients. BCTQ is a questionnaire consisting of 2 parts: symptom severity scale (SSS) and functional status scale (FSS). Each item in both sections has 5 different answers that score between 1 and 5. The mean score is obtained by dividing the total score by the number of questions and ranges from 1 to 5, with a higher score indicating severe symptom.
Trial sites (1)
Facility
City
Region
Status
Konya Beyhekim Training and Research Hospital
Konya
Turkey (Türkiye)
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