PhysiopathologyNCT06214286
ESWT Imorove Pain and Function in Carpal Tunnel
A study testing Shockwave, Kinesio taping and conventional physical therapy in people with Physiopathology, run by Cairo University at 1 site in Egypt.
Trial summary
PURPOSE: To investigate the effect of adding Shock wave therapy to kinesio taping on relieving carpal tunnel syndrome symptoms in physical therapist females. BACKGROUND: shockwave therapy is a popular non-invasive therapeutic modality in the medical field for the treatment of numerous musculoskeletal disorders. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 20 to 40 years, women only
- Conditions the study is for
- Physiopathology
- What is being tested?
- Shockwave, Kinesio taping and conventional physical therapy
- Type of treatment
- Medical device
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 100 participants
- Where
- 1 siteEgypt
- Study dates
- 10 Apr 2024to 20 Nov 2024
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 20 to 40 years
- Women only
- No healthy volunteers
- Adult
Who may be able to join
- Patients aged between 20 and 40 years
- diagnosed as having mild and moderate carpal tunnel syndrome through clinical parameters and nerve conduction studies (NCSs),
Who cannot join
- Having any systemic diseases such as renal failure, peptic ulcer, diabetes mellitus, hypothyroidism, coagulopathy, inflammatory rheumatic disease, having a cardiac pacemaker, cervical radiculopathy, polyneuropathy or brachial plexopathy, systemic corticosteroid use, fracture or trauma history in the forearm and wrist pregnancy and lactation, having received a carpal tunnel syndrome surgery, thoracic outlet syndrome or severe carpal tunnel syndrome.
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
About this study
Official title: Adding Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy to Conventional Treatment Improves Pain, Function, and Electrophysiological Function in Females With Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
PURPOSE: To investigate the effect of adding Shock wave therapy to kinesio taping on relieving carpal tunnel syndrome symptoms in physical therapist females.
BACKGROUND: shockwave therapy is a popular non-invasive therapeutic modality in the medical field for the treatment of numerous musculoskeletal disorders. Shockwaves can generate interstitial and extracellular responses, producing many beneficial effects such as: pain relief, vascularization, protein biosynthesis, cell proliferation, neuro and chondroprotection, and destruction of calcium deposits in musculoskeletal structures. shockwave combined with conventional physiotherapy is an effective noninvasive treatment for mild-to-moderate carpal tunnel syndrome that produces greater and longer-lasting results than conventional physiotherapy alone HYPOTHESES: Adding Shock wave therapy to kinesio taping has positive effects on carpal tunnel syndrome in physical therapist females.
RESEARCH QUESTION: Does adding Shock wave therapy to kinesio taping has positive effects on carpal tunnel syndrome in physical therapist females?
- Conditions
- Physiopathology
- Being tested
- Shockwave, Kinesio taping, conventional physical therapy
- Keywords
- Shockwave, Carpel tunnel
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
ShockwaveDevice
Shockwave therapy
Kinesio tapingOther
Kinesio taping application
conventional physical therapyOther
conventional physical therapy
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Shockwave | Experimental | One group received shock wave therapy with the conventional physical therapy program including kinesio taping Receives: Device: Shockwave; Other: Kinesio taping; Other: conventional physical therapy |
| conventional | Active comparator | conventional physical therapy program including kinesio taping without shock wave therapy Receives: Other: Kinesio taping; Other: conventional physical therapy |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Pain Visual Analog Scale
It is a self reported outcome which is a 10 cm line with zero at one end indicating no pain and 10 at the other end indicating maximum pain. Patient will be asked to mark the current pain on the scale and the distance from the starting point (0) will be measured
Measured: 1 and 12 week
Secondary outcomes (4)
Numbness Visual Analog Scale
It is self reported outcome, which is a 10 cm line with zero at one end indicating no numbness and 10 at the other end indicating maximum numbness.Patient will be asked to mark the current numbness on the scale, and the distance from the starting point (0) will be measured
Measured: 1 and 12 week
Boston Carpal Tunnel Questionnaire
a Questionnaire widely used for assessing function and/or symptoms in patients with carpal tunnel syndrome. It consists of two separate scales: the Symptom Severity Scale (SSS), which consists of 11 questions and the Functional Status Scale (FSS), which consists of 8 items and requires respondents to score the difficulty of each item on a five-point scale. A final score is calculated for each scale (the sum of the individual scores divided by the number of items) and ranges from 1 to 5, with a higher score indicating a more severe handicap.
Measured: 1 and 12 week
handgrip strength
hand grip strength will be measured by a hand held dynamometer Participants will be instructed to grip the dynamometer as strongly as they possibly can, using their affected hand. Three measurements will be taken and the highest value will be used in the analysis
Measured: 1 and 12 week
electrodiagnostic study for median nerve
Sensory distal latency and motor distal latency of the median nerve will be measured by electromyography device according to standard protocol ( sensory distal latency stimulated at wrist and recorded 14cm at middle finger) and motor distal latency was stimulated at wrist and recorded from abductor pollicis brevis muscle.
Measured: 1 and 12 week
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted19 Jan 2024
- Study start10 Apr 2024
- Primary completion20 Nov 2024
- Study completion20 Nov 2024
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for PhysiopathologyStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by Cairo UniversityThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Model description
- A total of 100 females patients ( two groups each group 50 females) who were diagnosed as having mild or moderate carpal tunnel syndrome were included in the study. One group received shock wave therapy with the conventional physical therapy program including kinesio taping, the second group received the conventional physical therapy program including kinesio taping without shock wave therapy. The patients were evaluated using a Visual Analog Scale-pain, a Visual Analog Scale-numbness, the Boston Symptom Severity Scale, the Boston Functional Status Scale, and handgrip strength tests and Nerve conduction study before treatment 1 and 12 wks after the treatment.
- Masking
- Single blind
- Who is masked
- Outcomes assessor
- Enrolment
- 100 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Cairo University
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Badr University
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Mina Magdy Wahba, Badr University
- Investigators
- Omnya samy Abdallah Ghoneim, PhD, Study chair, Department of Physical Therapy for Pediatrics and Pediatric Surgery, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Badr University in Cairo, Egypt.Mina Magdy Wahba, PhD, Principal investigator, Department of Physical Therapy for Orthpedics, Suez UniversityFatma Said Zidan Hamed, PhD, Study chair, Department of Physical therapy for Neuromuscular Disorders & its Surgery, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Badr University in Cairo, EgyptHanaa Samir Mohamed Abd el fatah, PhD, Study director, Faculty of Physical therapy, Modern University for Technology and Information, Egypt.Doha Hamed Moustafa Al-Afify, PhD, Study chair, Basic Sciences Department, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Badr University in Cairo, EgyptDoaa Saeed, Study director, Department of Physical Therapy for Women's Health, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Badr University in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT06214286
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- BUCN1
- Status last verified
- Aug 2024
- First submitted
- 11 Dec 2023
- Last updated
- 22 May 2026
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- No
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 22 May 2026. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Adding Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy to Conventional Treatment Improves Pain, Function, and Electrophysiological Function in Females With Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT06214286
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- BUCN1
- Conditions
- Physiopathology
- Keywords
- Shockwave, Carpel tunnel
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 100 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Cairo UniversityUniversity, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Badr University
- Study start
- 10 Apr 2024 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 20 Nov 2024 (actual)
- Study completion
- 20 Nov 2024 (actual)
- First posted
- 19 Jan 2024 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
PURPOSE: To investigate the effect of adding Shock wave therapy to kinesio taping on relieving carpal tunnel syndrome symptoms in physical therapist females.
BACKGROUND: shockwave therapy is a popular non-invasive therapeutic modality in the medical field for the treatment of numerous musculoskeletal disorders. Shockwaves can generate interstitial and extracellular responses, producing many beneficial effects such as: pain relief, vascularization, protein biosynthesis, cell proliferation, neuro and chondroprotection, and destruction of calcium deposits in musculoskeletal structures. shockwave combined with conventional physiotherapy is an effective noninvasive treatment for mild-to-moderate carpal tunnel syndrome that produces greater and longer-lasting results than conventional physiotherapy alone HYPOTHESES: Adding Shock wave therapy to kinesio taping has positive effects on carpal tunnel syndrome in physical therapist females.
RESEARCH QUESTION: Does adding Shock wave therapy to kinesio taping has positive effects on carpal tunnel syndrome in physical therapist females?
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Single blind (outcomes assessor)
- Number of arms
- 2
- Model description
- A total of 100 females patients ( two groups each group 50 females) who were diagnosed as having mild or moderate carpal tunnel syndrome were included in the study. One group received shock wave therapy with the conventional physical therapy program including kinesio taping, the second group received the conventional physical therapy program including kinesio taping without shock wave therapy. The patients were evaluated using a Visual Analog Scale-pain, a Visual Analog Scale-numbness, the Boston Symptom Severity Scale, the Boston Functional Status Scale, and handgrip strength tests and Nerve conduction study before treatment 1 and 12 wks after the treatment.
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Shockwave | Experimental | Device: Shockwave, Other: Kinesio taping, Other: conventional physical therapyOne group received shock wave therapy with the conventional physical therapy program including kinesio taping |
| conventional | Active comparator | Other: Kinesio taping, Other: conventional physical therapyconventional physical therapy program including kinesio taping without shock wave therapy |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 20 to 40 years
- Sex
- Female only
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Adult
Key inclusion criteria (2 listed)
- Patients aged between 20 and 40 years
- diagnosed as having mild and moderate carpal tunnel syndrome through clinical parameters and nerve conduction studies (NCSs),
Key exclusion criteria (1 listed)
- Having any systemic diseases such as renal failure, peptic ulcer, diabetes mellitus, hypothyroidism, coagulopathy, inflammatory rheumatic disease, having a cardiac pacemaker, cervical radiculopathy, polyneuropathy or brachial plexopathy, systemic corticosteroid use, fracture or trauma history in the forearm and wrist pregnancy and lactation, having received a carpal tunnel syndrome surgery, thoracic outlet syndrome or severe carpal tunnel syndrome.
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| ShockwaveShockwave therapy | Device | Shockwave |
| Kinesio tapingKinesio taping application | Other | Shockwave, conventional |
| conventional physical therapyconventional physical therapy | Other | Shockwave, conventional |
Primary outcome
Pain Visual Analog Scale
Time frame: 1 and 12 week
It is a self reported outcome which is a 10 cm line with zero at one end indicating no pain and 10 at the other end indicating maximum pain. Patient will be asked to mark the current pain on the scale and the distance from the starting point (0) will be measured
4 secondary outcomes
Numbness Visual Analog Scale
Time frame: 1 and 12 week
Boston Carpal Tunnel Questionnaire
Time frame: 1 and 12 week
handgrip strength
Time frame: 1 and 12 week
electrodiagnostic study for median nerve
Time frame: 1 and 12 week
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 22 May 2026.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: No
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Omnya samy Abdallah Ghoneim, PhD study chair
Department of Physical Therapy for Pediatrics and Pediatric Surgery, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Badr University in Cairo, Egypt.
Mina Magdy Wahba, PhD principal investigator
Department of Physical Therapy for Orthpedics, Suez University
Fatma Said Zidan Hamed, PhD study chair
Department of Physical therapy for Neuromuscular Disorders & its Surgery, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Badr University in Cairo, Egypt
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Shockwave, Kinesio taping and conventional physical therapy in people with Physiopathology, run by Cairo University at 1 site in Egypt.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 2 inclusion and 1 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 22 May 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in Egypt. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Pain Visual Analog Scale (time frame: 1 and 12 week). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 22 May 2026.