Carpal Tunnel Syndrome - Randomized Clinical Trial Evaluating Effectiveness of Ultrasound in Corticosteroid Injection

• Status: Unknown status
• Trial end date: 2015-12-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The objective of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of ultrasound guided corticosteroid injection in reducing symptoms caused by carpal tunnel syndrome.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Université de Sherbrooke
• Treatments: Methylprednisolone; Methylprednisolone Acetate; Methylprednisolone Hemisuccinate; Prednisolone; Prednisolone acetate; Prednisolone hemisuccinate; Prednisolone phosphate

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Aged 18 to 65

• Understanding written and spoken french

• Diagnostic of carpal tunnel syndrome : Classic of probable based on the Katz Hand Diagram and mild to moderate based on the electrodiagnosis studies

Exclusion Criteria:

• Carpal tunnel injection in the last 6 months

• Constant symptoms in medial nerve area

• Thenar eminence atrophy

• Absolute contraindication to corticosteroid injection : infective arthritis, bacterial endocarditis, local cellulitis of skin infection, coagulopathy, corticosteroid or latex allergy

• Secondary diagnosis based on the ultrasound : arthrosynovial cyst, flexor tenosynovitis, ganglion

• Known cognitive disorder

• Anticoagulant therapy

• Diseases known to cause carpal tunnel syndrome : Diabetes mellitus, hypothyroidism, connective tissue disease, rheumatic disease and moderate or severe chronic renal impairment

• Radiculopathy

• Polyneuropathy

• Pregnancy

• Ancient ipsilateral wrist fracture

• Ancient ipsilateral wrist surgery