Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-24 @ 10:12 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 10:12 PM
NCT ID:
NCT02141035
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
* Patients will be recruited from the University of Alberta Hospital referred for CTS. Inclusion criteria will include adult patients (over age 18) with at least one of the following symptoms:
1. numbness and parenthesis in the median nerve distribution;
2. Precipitation of those symptoms by repetitive motions that are relieved by rubbing and or shaking the hands;
3. Nocturnal awakening by those sensory symptoms, or
4. Weakness of thumb abduction and thenar atrophy.
Exclusion Criteria:
1. Motor unit loss in the median nerve less than 2 SD below the mean for the age as determined by nerve conduction studies.
2. The presence of other neurologic conditions
3. Previous carpal tunnel release surgery
4. Cognitive impairment that renders the patient unable to provide informed consent;
5. Pregnancy
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
18 Years
Study:
NCT02141035
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT02141035