Health Trials

Investigation of the Effectiveness of Kinesiological Taping in Cubital Tunnel Syndrome

ConditionsCubital Tunnel SyndromeKinesio TapingUlnar Neuropathies
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-65
SponsorSultan Abdulhamid Han Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

About this trial

This study aims to investigate the effect of kinesiological taping, applied in addition to exercise, on clinical symptoms in patients diagnosed with Cubital Tunnel Syndrome. The patients will be randomized into three groups (exercise, exercise + kinesiological taping, exercise + sham taping) and will be evaluated at the 1st and 3rd months after a 3-week treatment period.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Aged between 18 and 65 years

Patients with at least 3 points of pain according to the Numeric Rating Scale (NRS)

Patients diagnosed with Cubital Tunnel Syndrome via Electroneuromyography (ENMG)

Literate

Disqualifiers

Having any secondary entrapment neuropathy such as diabetes, inflammatory arthritis, or hypothyroidism

Pregnancy

Active cancer presence

Skin infection, burns, wounds, or scars on the forearm

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • kinesio taping
  • Ulnar nerve mobilization exercise
  • Sham (No Treatment)
  • Numeric Rating Scale (NRS)
  • the ulnar nerve cross-sectional area measured by ultrasound
  • Neuropathic pain scale (measured using the DN-4 scale)
  • SF-12 Quality of Life Scale
  • QUICK-DASH
  • Grip strength measured with a hand dynamometer

Treatment groups

36 Participants
are divided into 3 treatment groups

Sponsors and collaborators

Sultan Abdulhamid Han Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

Lead sponsor

Source ClinicalTrials.gov