Abstract

Aim/Background: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) is caused as a result of entrapment of median nerve within the carpal tunnel. The purpose of this study was to compare the efficacy of manual therapy techniques like carpal mobilisation and neural mobilisation in patients with CTS.
Methods: 30 subjects with CTS were randomly divided into 3 groups and were respectively treated with splinting (Group 1- Control), median nerve mobilisation and splinting (Group 2), carpal bone mobilisation and splinting (Group 3). The outcome measures tested were Symptom Severity Scale (SSS) and Functional Status Scale (FSS) of Boston Carpal Tunnel syndrome Questionnaire. Data collection was done on first day and after 21 days of therapy. Data was analysed using one way ANOVA and Tukey’s post-hoc comparisons.
Results: There was statistically significant difference in the status of SSS and FSS for all the groups after intervention, even in Group-1 (control group). But the difference was found highly significant (p

Key words: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Neural Mobilisation, Conservative management of CTS, Carpal mobilisation