Conditioning Electrical Stimulation to Improve Outcomes in Cubital Tunnel Syndrome
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-79
SponsorUniversity of Alberta
About this trial
Cubital tunnel syndrome is the second most common compression neuropathy. In severe cases, functional recovery, even with surgery, is often poor. Therefore, alternative adjunct treatments capable of increasing the speed of nerve regeneration are much needed.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Patients aged >18 yr,
If signs and symptoms of severe CuTS (ie, McGowan-Goldberg grade 3) were observed,
If needle EMG examination showed evidence of chronic motor axonal loss and reduced recruitment in the ulnar-innervated intrinsic hand muscles, and
If electrophysiologic evidence of severe motor axonal loss with motor unit number estimation (MUNE) greater than 2 standard deviations below the normative mean.
Disqualifiers
None
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Electrical stimulation
Treatment groups
30 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsSponsors and collaborators
Source ClinicalTrials.gov