| Titre : | Effectiveness of physiotherapy plus acupuncture compared with physiotherapy alone on pain, disability and grip strength in people with carpal tunnel syndrome: A randomized clinical trial (2023) |
| Auteurs : | Hamed Mamipour ; Hossein Negahban ; Shapour Badiee Aval ; Mahsa Zaferanieh ; Ali Moradi ; Amir Reza Kachooei |
| Type de document : | Article |
| Dans : | Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies (Vol. 35, Juillet 2023) |
| Article en page(s) : | p. 378-384 |
| Note générale : | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbmt.2023.04.033 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Descripteurs : |
HE Vinci Kinésithérapie (spécialité) ; Syndrome du canal carpien ; Thérapie par acupuncture |
| Résumé : | Background Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is the most common peripheral nerve entrapment syndrome in the upper extremities. Acupuncture is often used as a treatment method in CTS and numerous studies consider it effective. However, no study has yet compared the efficacy of physical therapy including bone and neural mobilization, exercise and electrotherapy with and without acupuncture in CTS patients. Purpose: comparing the effect of physiotherapy plus acupuncture with physiotherapy alone on pain, disability and grip strength in CTS patients. Method Forty patients with mild to moderate CTS were randomly divided into two equal groups. Both groups received exercise and manual techniques for 10 sessions. Patients in the physiotherapy plus acupuncture group also received 30 min of acupuncture in every session. The visual analog scale (VAS) score, the score on the Boston carpal tunnel questionnaire for functional status and symptom severity, shortened disability of arm, shoulder, hand (Quick-DASH) score and grip strength were evaluated at pre-test and post-test. Results According to ANOVA results, there is a significant interaction between group and time for VAS, BCTQ and Quick-DASH parameters. At the post-test, while the parameters of VAS, BCTQ and Quick-DASH in the physiotherapy plus acupuncture group had a statistically significant difference compared to the physiotherapy group, no significant difference was observed between the two groups in the pre-test. Moreover, there is no significant difference between groups in grip strength improvement. Conclusion This study shows preliminary evidence that physiotherapy plus acupuncture, was more effective than physiotherapy alone in pain relief and improving disability of patients suffering from CTS. |
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