The effects of cupping therapy as a new approach in the physiotherapeutic management of carpal tunnel syndrome.
Background and Purpose: Cupping therapy has been used widely as a safe and common method to tackle soft tissue lesions in most Asian countries, Central Europe, and parts of the United States. In this study, cupping therapy has been used for the treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), which is the...
| Publicado en: | Physiotherapy Research International Vol. 24; no. 3 |
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| Formato: | pictorial research tables/charts randomized controlled trial Journal Article |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Jul2019
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=137586146&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 137586146 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 13582267 GPG jtl: Physiotherapy Research International issn: 13582267 maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: Jul2019 vid: 24 iid: 3 pid: 480 pub: Wiley-Blackwell place: Malden, Massachusetts artinfo: ui: 137586146 137586146 137586146 10.1002/pri.1770 137586146 ppct: 1 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: C – @attributes: type: P tig: atl: The effects of cupping therapy as a new approach in the physiotherapeutic management of carpal tunnel syndrome. aug: au: Mohammadi, Shirin Roostayi, Mohammad Mohsen Naimi, Sedigheh Sadat Baghban, Alireza Akbarzadeh affil: Physiotherapy Research Center, School of Rehabilitation, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran Iran sug: subj: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Rehabilitation Physical Therapy Methods Alternative Therapies Methods Treatment Outcomes Human Randomized Controlled Trials Random Assignment Adolescence Adult Middle Age Male Female Functional Assessment Electromyography Ultrasonography Electric Stimulation Nonparametric Statistics Paired T-Tests T-Tests Descriptive Statistics Data Analysis Software Questionnaires Scales Adolescent: 13-18 years Adult: 19-44 years Middle Aged: 45-64 years Male Female ab: Background and Purpose: Cupping therapy has been used widely as a safe and common method to tackle soft tissue lesions in most Asian countries, Central Europe, and parts of the United States. In this study, cupping therapy has been used for the treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), which is the most common entrapment neuropathy. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of cupping therapy on the clinical findings of patients with CTS. Methods: This is a randomized clinical trial. For this research, a total of 56 hands with CTS were studied, aged 18–60 years, and of both genders. The participants were divided into two groups: test and control, regardless of the severity of their CTS. In the control group, 28 were treated with routine physiotherapy (transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation and ultrasound), and in the test group, the other 28 were treated with routine physiotherapy with cupping therapy. The variables used to determine the effect of cupping were symptom severity scale, functional status scale, distal sensory latency, and distal motor latency. The severity of symptoms and functional status of patients was evaluated with the help of the Boston questionnaire, and the distal latency was evaluated through electromyography. Results: The results of study demonstrated a significant improvement in symptom severity (p = 0.006) and also a significant decrease in distal sensory latency (p = 0.007) of the test group (routine physiotherapy with cupping) as compared with the control group (routine physiotherapy). Conclusions: The results showed that incorporation of cupping therapy in a routine physical therapy programme can reduce the severity of symptoms and improve the distal sensory disturbance of the median nerve. Therefore, it is suggested that cupping, as a convenient and low‐cost method, can be used as a complementary therapy in the treatment of CTS. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: pictorial research tables/charts randomized controlled trial Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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