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| Dergi Adı | Revista Da Associacao Medica Brasileira (Q2) | ||
| Dergi ISSN | 0104-4230 Wos Dergi Scopus Dergi | ||
| Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler | SCI-Expanded | ||
| Makale Dili | İngilizce | Basım Tarihi | 01-2025 |
| Cilt / Sayı / Sayfa | 71 / 3 / – | DOI | 10.1590/1806-9282.20241815 |
| Makale Linki | https://doi.org/10.1590/1806-9282.20241815 | ||
| Özet |
| OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy of radial extracorporeal shock wave therapy administered at low vs. high pressures in patients with carpal tunnel syndrome.METHODS: Patients with carpal tunnel syndrome were randomized into two groups: low-dose group and high-dose group. Each patient underwent a total of four sessions of radial extracorporeal shock wave therapy, administered once a week. The radial extracorporeal shock wave therapy was delivered at 4.0 bars for the high-dose group and 1.5 bars for the low-dose group. Both groups received conventional physical therapy program consisting of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation, paraffin wax, orthoses, and tendon gliding exercises, three times per week over a 4-week duration. Outcome measures included pain levels, hand grip strength, pinch strength, the Boston Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Questionnaire, and nerve conduction studies.RESULTS: Both groups exhibited improvements across all measures, except for the nerve conduction studies parameters. In the intragroup analysis, statistically significant differences were observed with small-to-moderate effect sizes for median motor distal latency, median sensory nerve conduction velocity, median sensory distal latency, and the Boston functional status subscale, all favoring the high-dose group (p< 0.05). In the low-dose group, a statistically significant difference with a moderate effect size was noted solely for hand grip strength (p< 0.05). CONCLUSION: High-dose radial extracorporeal shock wave therapy was significantly better than low-dose radial extracorporeal shock wave therapy with small-to ... |
| Anahtar Kelimeler |
| Carpal tunnel syndrome | Electromyography | Extracorporeal shock wave therapy | Pain | Treatment |
| Dergi Adı | Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira |
| Yayıncı | Associacao Medica Brasileira |
| Açık Erişim | Evet |
| ISSN | 0104-4230 |
| E-ISSN | 1806-9282 |
| CiteScore | 1,8 |
| SJR | 0,319 |
| SNIP | 0,367 |