Typing Proficiency Following Carpal Tunnel Release

Completed

Conditions studied: Carpal Tunnel Release

In brief

This study will investigate how soon a patient's typing proficiency returns to their pre-operative levels following carpal tunnel release surgery. In order to determine this, patients will undergo typing tests at different time points that will record their typing accuracy and speed. The results will then be compared to determine on average how soon a person returns to their pre-operative baseline results.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01853969

Run by

Vanderbilt University

People needed

38

Starts

2013-05-01

Expected to finish

2015-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-09-17

Who can join

Age: 20 and older, up to 70. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients set to undergo carpal tunnel release
• Patients who have a positive EMG test
• Patients must have access to a computer with internet access
• Patients must have an email account
• Patients must be between the ages of 20-70
• Patients that meet typing test requirements
• Must type weekly
• Typing proficiency of 30 wpm at time of pre-operative appointment
• Must use all fingers when typing
• Can read text in font Times New Roman size 14

You may not qualify if…

• People who cannot read or write
• People who do not meet inclusion criteria
• Patients who do not speak English
• Patients unwilling or unable to return for follow-up visits prescribed by the study protocol
• Patients who qualify for inclusion in the study, but refuse to participate.
• Patients with concurrent, ipsilateral confounding hand or upper extremity pathology such as trigger finger, ganglion cyst, painful arthritis, etc.

Where it is running

• Vanderbilt University Hand & Upper Extremity Center — Nashville, Tennessee, United States

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