Status:
COMPLETED
Typing Proficiency Following Carpal Tunnel Release
Lead Sponsor:
Vanderbilt University
Collaborating Sponsors:
Orthopedic Research and Education Foundation
Conditions:
Carpal Tunnel Release
Eligibility:
All Genders
20-70 years
Brief Summary
This study will investigate how soon a patient's typing proficiency returns to their pre-operative levels following carpal tunnel release surgery. In order to determine this, patients will undergo typ...
Detailed Description
Carpal tunnel syndrome is a condition in which the median nerve is compressed at the wrist. It causes such symptoms as numbness, tingling, weakness, muscle damage, and pain. If non-operative treatment...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patients set to undergo carpal tunnel release
- Patients who have a positive EMG test
- Patients must have access to a computer with internet access
- Patients must have an email account
- Patients must be between the ages of 20-70
- Patients that meet typing test requirements
- Must type weekly
- Typing proficiency of 30 wpm at time of pre-operative appointment
- Must use all fingers when typing
- Can read text in font Times New Roman size 14
Exclusion
- People who cannot read or write
- People who do not meet inclusion criteria
- Patients who do not speak English
- Patients unwilling or unable to return for follow-up visits prescribed by the study protocol
- Patients who qualify for inclusion in the study, but refuse to participate.
- Patients with concurrent, ipsilateral confounding hand or upper extremity pathology such as trigger finger, ganglion cyst, painful arthritis, etc.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
May 1 2013
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
June 1 2015
Estimated Enrollment :
38 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01853969
Start Date
May 1 2013
End Date
June 1 2015
Last Update
September 17 2015
Active Locations (1)
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Vanderbilt University Hand & Upper Extremity Center
Nashville, Tennessee, United States, 37232