Status:
UNKNOWN
Compare the Efficacy of Acupuncture Therapy and Carbamazepine Oral Dosage in Patients With Carpal Tunnel Syndrome by Multiple Excitability Test
Lead Sponsor:
Taipei Medical University WanFang Hospital
Conditions:
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Multiple Excitability Test
Eligibility:
All Genders
20+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The goal of the study is to utilize BCTQ(Boston Carpal Tunnel Questionnaire), VAS (Visual Analog Scale), NCS (Nerve Conduction Study), and MET(Multiple Excitability Test) to evaluate and compare the e...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Age greater than 20 years old
- outpatient or inpatient subject with numbness of arm, clinically met diagnostic criteria of AAEM(American association of Electrodiagnostic Medicine CTS task force), and proven to have distal motor neurological disorder through nerve Conduction Study (distal motor latency \>4.6 msec, decreased SNAP \< 12uV or prolonged median sensory distal latency (palm to wrist) \> 2.5msec)。
- Willing to sign the Informed Consent form
Exclusion
- subject with external hand injury or disformation
- subject with Polyneuritis or Cervical nerve root lesions
- Subject with peripheral hypertrophy, hypothyroidism, multiple myeloma, or amyloidosis
- Allergic to Carbamazepine or similar type of medicine
- inability to act independently, or in the opinion of the investigator, not suitable for the study
- In the opinion of the investigator, the subject requires surgical repair of the Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, or the symptoms will be worsen result in irreversible damage to the subject if not treated with surgical repair within 3 months.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
May 1 2009
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
May 1 2011
Estimated Enrollment :
80 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00952432
Start Date
May 1 2009
End Date
May 1 2011
Last Update
April 12 2011
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Taipei Medical University - Wan Fang Hospital
Taipei, Taiwan, Taiwan, 116