Investigation of the Effectiveness of Kinesiological Taping in Cubital Tunnel Syndrome
Recruiting now · Not applicable · Has a placebo group
Conditions studied: Cubital Tunnel Syndrome, Kinesio Taping, Ulnar Neuropathies
In brief
This study aims to investigate the effect of kinesiological taping, applied in addition to exercise, on clinical symptoms in patients diagnosed with Cubital Tunnel Syndrome. The patients will be randomized into three groups (exercise, exercise + kinesiological taping, exercise + sham taping) and will be evaluated at the 1st and 3rd months after a 3-week treatment period.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT07001111
- Run by
- Sultan Abdulhamid Han Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
- People needed
- 36
- Starts
- 2025-04-21
- Expected to finish
- 2026-02-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2025-09-12
Who can join
Age: 18 and older, up to 65. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Aged between 18 and 65 years
- Patients with at least 3 points of pain according to the Numeric Rating Scale (NRS)
- Patients diagnosed with Cubital Tunnel Syndrome via Electroneuromyography (ENMG)
- Literate
- Willing to consent to participate in the study
You may not qualify if…
- Having any secondary entrapment neuropathy such as diabetes, inflammatory arthritis, or hypothyroidism
- Pregnancy
- Active cancer presence
- Skin infection, burns, wounds, or scars on the forearm
- History of elbow trauma
- Cervical radiculopathy or brachial plexopathy
- Polyneuropathy
- Having previously undergone Cubital Tunnel decompression surgery
- Having received a corticosteroid injection into the Cubital Tunnel within the last 3 months
- Illiterate
- Not consenting to participate in the study
Where it is running
- Sultan 2. Abdülhamid Han Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi — Istanbul, Üsküdar, Turkey (Türkiye) (enrolling)
- Health Sciences University — Istanbul, Uskudar, Turkey (Türkiye)
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