Short-term effectiveness of short-wave diathermy treatment on pain, clinical symptoms, and hand function in patients with mild or moderate idiopathic carpal tunnel syndrome.

Objective: We determined the effects of short-wave diathermy (SWD) treatment on mild and moderate idiopathic carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS).

Methods: This was a prospective, randomized, controlled, double-blind clinical trial. The study involved 58 wrists in 31 patients diagnosed clinically and electrophysiologically with mild and moderate CTS.

Total oxidative stress and antioxidant status in patients with carpal tunnel syndrome.

Objectives: Studies in the carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) are supported ischemia-induced changes rather than inflammation of the flexor tenosynovium. In this study, total antioxidant status (TAS), total oxidative stress (TOS) and oxidative stress index (OSI) in patients with CTS has been investigated.

Methods: Forty-three patients (38 female and 5 male, 81 hands in total) diagnosed as CTS after the physical examination and electrophysiological findings included in study.