Different Treatment Approaches for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Launched by SAKARYA UNIVERSITY · Jun 24, 2025

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ClinConnect Summary

This clinical trial is studying different ways to treat carpal tunnel syndrome, a condition that causes numbness, tingling, and pain in the hand and fingers because a nerve in the wrist is being squeezed. The study will compare three treatments: wearing a special wrist brace (called an orthosis) that keeps the wrist in a resting position, receiving physical therapy that includes electrical stimulation, heat packs, and exercises, or a combination of both the brace and physical therapy. The goal is to see which treatment helps the most with daily activities, reducing pain, improving grip strength, and overall quality of life, as well as how satisfied patients feel with their treatment.

To take part, you need to be between 18 and 65 years old and have been diagnosed with mild to moderate carpal tunnel syndrome. People who have had symptoms for more than a year, had surgery or recent physical therapy for carpal tunnel, steroid injections, wrist injuries, or other health problems affecting their symptoms won’t be eligible. If you join the study, you’ll be placed in one of the three groups and will follow the treatment assigned to that group. This study is not yet recruiting participants but aims to find the best approach to help people with carpal tunnel syndrome feel better and improve their hand function.

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Be between the ages of 18 and 65
• • Have been diagnosed with mild or moderate carpal tunnel syndrome
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Symptom duration of more than 12 months,
• • Those who have undergone surgery for carpal tunnel syndrome
• • Those who have received physical therapy within the last 6 months,
• • Those who have received steroid injections into the carpal tunnel,
• • Those with a history of trauma to the wrist and surrounding area,
• • Those using non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs,
• • Individuals with additional systemic, musculoskeletal, or neurological conditions that may affect symptoms will be excluded from the study.