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Study aim
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The effects of exercise therapy on functional status, pain, and wrist strength in people with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
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Design
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Clinical trials with control group, with encoded envelops, with parallel groups, one blind, randomized,
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Settings and conduct
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Eligible individuals are divided into two 32 person groups of intervention and control based on encoded envelopes. At the first session, exercise therapy is taught in practice, and then in the same session, the same exercises are provided in the form of a brochure with illustrations and explanations. The exercises are carried out three times a day for 6 weeks, 5 days a week. The duration of the exercises is 30 minutes per day, which includes 10 minutes of gliding exercises, 10 minutes of stretching exercises and 10 minutes of resistive exercises. Patients will be referred to the clinic weekly (one session a week), and the exercises will be checked by the therapist at the end of each week in the form of an instruction, a checklist, and a timetable to be given to the patient and filled in.
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Participants/Inclusion and exclusion criteria
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Women aged 25-55 years with mild to moderate Carpal Tunnel Syndrome who do not have other orthopedic and neurological diseases.
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Intervention groups
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Intervention group: tendon and nerve gliding exercises, mobilization and stretching exercises and resistive exercises
Control group: Common carpal tunnel syndrome interventions other than those mentioned in the inclusion criteria.
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Main outcome variables
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To collect data, demographic questionnaire; Boston questionnaire; McGill Pain Questionnaire and dynamometer are used. These evaluations are done in two groups in four intervals before, during and immediately after the end of intervention and one month after the intervention.