Abstract

Study objective: Effect of Ultrasound with Splinting and splinting alone for CarpalTunnel Syndrome. Design: Quasi experimental Method and measurements: 24 female patients from Prince Sultan Military Medical City Riyadh participated in this study. Their CTS was diagnosed by the nerve conduction velocity (NCV). Patients were divided into two groups; group A received Ultrasound with Splinting and group B received Splinting alone. Patients completed 3 consecutive weeks of follow-up. VAS, MPQ, was used to measure the pain in both groups. Before and after 3rd week of treatment pain was measured. Results: Subjects in-group A that received US and Splinting showed greater Improvement in pain compared with the Splinting alone group on 3rd week compared with pre treatment. (p˂0.050) Conclusion: The result of study suggests that both Ultrasound and Splinting improves the symptoms of CTS. Splinting alone improved the pain symptoms but was too small to reach satisfactory outcome for patients. Based on these results US and Splinting should be the treatment of choice for CTS rather than Splinting alone