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Status unknownNCT04187677Updated Dec 5, 2019

Effect of Sensory Training on Activity Limitation, Functional Use of Hand and Quality of Life After Wrist Surgery

An interventional study of Sensory Training and classical hand therapy in Proprioception, sponsored by Sanko University. Status unknown at 1 site in Turkey (Türkiye). Open to participants aged 18 Years to 65 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2019-12-05.

Sponsored by Sanko University · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Dec 2019), so the status shown — last known as Recruiting — may be out of date.

From the registry’s dates

  • Registered 1 year 2 months after the study started (first participant enrolled Jul 2018, registered Oct 2019).
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
30
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 65 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

The aim of this study is to determine the benefits of sensory training for participants who are included in rehabilitation after carpal tunnel surgery.

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Conditions studied

  • Proprioception

Keywords

  • sensory
  • carpal tunnel syndrome
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In context

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

605 studies on the registry are indexed under Carpal Tunnel Syndrome; 138 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 30 is below the median of 60 across 457 interventional studies indexed under Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.

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Lead sponsor

Sanko University is the lead sponsor of 52 studies on the registry; 11 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 65 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

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Inclusion criteria

  • SANKO University Health Practice and Research Center, Orthopedics and Traumatology Unit underwent open carpal tunnel loosening surgery.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • The presence of nerve entrapment other than the median nerve (any sensory / motor deficits in the ulnar or radial nerve),
  • Wrist injury history (fractures, carpal instabilities),
  • Previous surgery in the hand or wrist region,
  • Traumatic and recurrent Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, inflammation of the tendon sheath or the presence of general active inflammation
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Triple (Participant, Investigator, Outcomes assessor)
Enrollment
30 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Active comparator
    Hand Therapy Group

    Other: classical hand therapy

  • Experimental
    Sensory Training Group

    Procedure: Sensory Training

Interventions

  • ProcedureSensory Training

    The sensory training group includes sensory-oriented interventions and exercises unlike the other classical hand therapy group.

  • Otherclassical hand therapy

    classical hand therapy

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Joint Position Matching

    In our study, the wrist joint's range of motion will be evaluated in 2 different directions (flexion / extension and radial / ulnar deviation) for proprioception evaluation. For evaluations of all directions, the individual will be required to bring the wrist to the end of the movement, then to perform half the normal range of motion, while the wrist is in a hanging position from the table edge to allow full movement. The difference between the angular value and the angular value created by the individual will be noted by looking at the angular value on the fixed goniometer.

    Time frame: Baseline (First day)

  2. Purdue Pegboard Test

    The Purdue Pegboard Test is a neuropsychological test of manual dexterity and bimanual coordination.

    Time frame: Baseline (First day)

  3. Activity Limitation

    The Patient-Specific Functional Scale is a self-reported, patient-specific outcome measure, designed to assess functional change, primarily in patients presenting with musculoskeletal disorders. The scale was developed by Stratford et al 1995 as a self-report measure of function that could be used in patients with varying levels of independence. It was designed to provide clinicians with a valid, reliable, responsive, and efficient outcome measure that would be easy to use and applicable to a large number of clinical presentations.

    Time frame: Baseline (First day)

  4. Health-Related Quality of Life

    The EuroQoL-five-dimension (EQ-5D) is one of the most commonly used questionnaires to elicit health state utilities, having both a youth and an adult version. For general populations of adults two versions of the questionnaire have been developed, 3L and 5L, with the latter offering a more detailed description of health status. In order to use the EQ-5D to estimate quality-adjusted life-years, a value set to reflect people's preferences for different health states is needed.

    Time frame: Baseline (First day)

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • SANKO University
    Gaziantep, 27090, Turkey (Türkiye)
    Recruiting
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References and documents

Publications

  • Ergen HI, Keskinbicki MV, Oksuz C. The Effect of Proprioceptive Training on Hand Function and Activity Limitation After Open Carpal Tunnel Release Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Study. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2024 Apr;105(4):664-672. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2023.12.004. Epub 2023 Dec 21. PubMed 38142026 ↗
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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reachedSimilar studies: half by the dot; the band is the middle halfHalf of similar studies reached it by the dot; the band is the middle half, from a quarter to three quarters

Started Jul 2018 (actual). Primary completion is estimated for Mar 2020, 19 months after the start.

Of 257 non-industry interventional studies with no phase under Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, half reached primary completion within 12 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 7 and three quarters within 27. This study's planned 19 months is above that.

Counting every sponsor, half of 267 studies reached it within 12 months; a quarter within 7 and three quarters within 27.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Oct 21, 2019
First posted
Dec 5, 2019
StartActual
Jul 27, 2018
Primary completionEst.
Mar 15, 2020
CompletionEst.
May 15, 2020
Last update
Dec 5, 2019
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Dec 5, 2019, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT04187677
Lead sponsor
Sanko University
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Dec 5, 2019
Start date
Jul 27, 2018
Primary completion
Mar 15, 2020 (estimated)
Completion
May 15, 2020 (estimated)
Last update
Dec 5, 2019

Study contacts

Halil Ibrahim ERGEN
Contact
hiergen@sanko.edu.tr
0905437202727

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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