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KMID : 1211620090040020107
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Journal of the Korean Society of Physical Medicine
2009 Volume.4 No. 2 p.107 ~ p.115
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Effects of the Median Nerve Mobilization on Change of Grip Strength and Pain in Patients with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
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Yoon Young-Dae
Shim Je-Myung
Park Min-Chul
Kim Hyoung-Su
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Abstract
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Purpose： This study was to determine whether median nerve mobilization has any effect on the recovery of muscle power and the reduction of pain for the patients with carpal tunnel syndrome.
Methods： 20 patients suffering from carpal tunnel syndrome were randomly divided into two groups: 10 subjects treated both with electrical therapy and median nerve mobilization(experimental group) and the other 10 subjects treated only with electrical therapy(control group). The therapy was taken three times a week for 3 weeks.
Results： The grip strength increased in both groups. However, the experimental group showed more significant treatment effect than the control group, and the significant changes appeared every week during the experiment period. In terms of pain, both groups showed significant effects. But the experimental group showed but more significant treatment effect than the control group, and the significant changes appeared every week during the experiment period.
Conclusions： It was significantly more effective for the patients with carpal tunnel syndrome to apply median nerve mobilization during the electrical therapy in order to reduce pain and to increase grip strength, compared with the method only using electrical therapy. Further research should be conducted to generalize these results in terms of the clinical effectiveness of the nerve mobilization.
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KEYWORD
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Median nerve mobilization, Carpal tunnel syndrome
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