Findings

What do systematic reviews say?

7 questions · 7 findings · 1 reviews · Neuromuscular

No studies found 0 · 0%GRADE not reported 0 · 0%Very low 0 · 0%Low 7 · 100%Moderate 0 · 0%High 0 · 0%

Short‐term overall improvement (three months or less) · patients with CTS

Therapeutic ultrasound may leads to higher short‐term overall improvement (three months or less) compared with placebo (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Therapeutic ultrasound for carpal tunnel syndrome 2013 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 2.36 [1.4, 3.98]
1 study · 68 participants
Low

Adverse effects · patients with CTS

1 finding from 1 review

Therapeutic ultrasound for carpal tunnel syndrome 2013 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
1 study · 68 participants
Low

Short‐term improvement in pain and/or paraesthesia (after seven weeks of treatment) Scale from: zero to 10 · patients with CTS

1 finding from 1 review

Therapeutic ultrasound for carpal tunnel syndrome 2013 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
1 study · 68 participants
Low

Change in grip strength · patients with CTS

1 finding from 1 review

Therapeutic ultrasound for carpal tunnel syndrome 2013 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
1 study · 90 participants
Low

Long‐term improvement in CTS symptoms (number of participants with complete remission of subjective symptoms) (six months · patients with CTS

Therapeutic ultrasound may leads to higher long‐term improvement in CTS symptoms (number of participants with… compared with placebo (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Therapeutic ultrasound for carpal tunnel syndrome 2013 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 3.67 [1.74, 7.74]
1 study · 60 participants
Low

Long‐term improvement in pain and/or paraesthesia (six months · patients with CTS

1 finding from 1 review

Therapeutic ultrasound for carpal tunnel syndrome 2013 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
1 study · 60 participants
Low

Long‐term improvement in hand grip strength (six months · patients with CTS

1 finding from 1 review

Therapeutic ultrasound for carpal tunnel syndrome 2013 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
1 study · 60 participants
Low