Corticosteroid Injection in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Completed 56 enrolled Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan

RandomizedParallel-groupDouble-blindTreatment

Summary

To compare the effectiveness of different dose of ultrasound guided steroid injection in patient with carpal tunnel syndrome, by using clinical and electrophysiological parameters in evlauation

Timeline

Start: 2017-02-18
Primary completion: 2018-11-28
Completion: 2018-12-20

Publications

Hsu PC, Liao KK, Lin KP, Chiu JW, Wu PY, Chou CL, Wang NY, Wang JC. Comparison of Corticosteroid Injection Dosages in Mild to Moderate Idiopathic Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2020 Nov;101(11):1857-1864. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2020.06.018. Epub 2020 Jul 16.

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Subject	Triamcinolone Acetonide	Other / unclassified	10 mg	Other
Subject	Triamcinolone Acetonide	Other / unclassified	40 mg	Other
Background	Lidocaine	Other / unclassified	1 ml	Other
Background	Lidocaine	Other / unclassified	2 %	Other

Corticosteroid Injection in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Summary

Timeline

Publications

Drugs

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