Investigation of the Relationship Between Ultrasonographic Parameters and Tactile Sensation in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
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Conditions studied: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS)
In brief
The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between different ultrasonographic indices used in patients with carpal tunnel syndrome and the level of tactile sensation. The primary questions the study aimed to answer are: • To what extent are the ultrasonographic parameters used in the diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome related to the level of sensory complaints in the patient?
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT07170449
- Run by
- Sultan Abdulhamid Han Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
- People needed
- 84
- Starts
- 2025-08-01
- Expected to finish
- 2026-04-30
- 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…
- Electrodiagnostic diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome with pain, numbness, burning, and tingling consistent with the median nerve dermatomal area lasting at least 6 weeks.
- Literate
- Agree to participate in the study
You may not qualify if…
- Concomitant diabetes, systemic inflammatory disease, active infection, and history of malignancy
- Being <18 and >65 years old
- Being illiterate
- Refusing to participate in the study
- Having a disease with neuropathic pain, such as polyneuropathy, radiculopathy, or MS
- Other concomitant upper extremity entrapment neuropathies (e.g., cubital tunnel syndrome)
- Having undergone surgery for carpal tunnel syndrome
- Rheumatoid arthritis, advanced hand osteoarthritis
Where it is running
- Sultan Abdülhamit Han Trainin and Educational Hospital — Üsküdar, İ̇stanbul, Turkey (Türkiye) (enrolling)
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