Shock Wave on Pillar Pain After Carpal Tunnel Release in Hand Burn

Status: Active_not_recruiting
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Intervention Type: Device, Other
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY

In burn cases, the reported causes of CTS are increased volume of carpal tunnel content due to edema and synovitis, wrist hyperextension, tight dressing, fibrosis, and direct burn to the nerve. There are two types of pain that occur in the palm of the hand after carpal tunnel surgery: incisional pain and pillar pain. The incision pain typically only lasts for a few days or weeks after surgery, while the pillar pain occurs on the sides of the incision in the thicker parts of the palm, called the thenar and hypothenar eminences. This is where the transverse ligament attaches to the carpal bones, forming the carpal tunnel. So, in this study we will find out if shock wave therapy has therapeutic effect on pillar pain after carpal tunnel release in hand burn.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 20
Maximum Age: 35
Healthy Volunteers: f
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• Age range will be from 20 to 35 years.

• Patients who have upper limb burn with the percentage of the total body surface area ranging from 20 % to 25 % and diagnosed as a 2nd or 3rd degree burn and complicated with carpal tunnel syndrome post burn. The diagnosis will be confirmed by using electroneurographic (ENG) examination as well as by using physical examination which included Tinel's test and Phalen's test.

• All patients are non-smokers and are under own prescribed medications described by their physicians.

Locations
Other Locations
Egypt
Shaimaa Mohamed Ahmed El Sayeh
Cairo
Time Frame
Start Date: 2023-08-10
Completion Date: 2024-06-28
Participants
Target number of participants: 52
Treatments
Active_comparator: Shock wave therapy group
This group will be composed of twenty-six patients who will managed by shock wave therapy one session per week, each ESWT session will involve 2,000 pulses of the focus probe at 4-bar pressure and 5 Hz frequency for twelve weeks in addition to the traditional physical therapy in form of (10 minutes hot pack around wrist and forearm and 10 minutes of gentle stretching exercises for wrist joint, three sessions per week for twelve weeks.
Active_comparator: Control group
This group will be composed of twenty-six patients who will only managed by the traditional physical therapy in form of (10 minutes hot pack around wrist and forearm and 10 minutes of gentle stretching exercises for wrist joint, three sessions per week for twelve weeks
Sponsors
Leads: Cairo University

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