Cochrane · systematic review · CD009601
Therapeutic ultrasound for carpal tunnel syndrome
Page, MJ, O'Connor, D, Pitt, V, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2013 · Cochrane Library
SoF tableOnly the outcomes this review put in its Summary of Findings table are listed (the Cochrane Handbook caps them at about seven per comparison). Its other analyses are not shown here.
Questions
7
current version
GRADE rated
7
No studies
0
Included studies
NR
No studies 0 · 0%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 0 · 0%Low 7 · 100%Moderate 0 · 0%High 0 · 0%
Ungraded means an effect was reported without a GRADE rating; it is not a gap. No studies means the review found nothing to answer the question. The six categories are a display order, not a score.
Questions and results
Show all 2 versionsTherapeutic ultrasound compared with placebo for carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS)
Population: patients with CTS
| Outcome | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Short‐term overall improvement (three months or less) Therapeutic ultrasound vs placebo | RR 2.36 [1.4, 3.98] | 1 study · 68 participants | Low Downgraded: imprecision |
Adverse effects Therapeutic ultrasound vs placebo | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 68 participants | Low Downgraded: imprecision |
Short‐term improvement in pain and/or paraesthesia (after seven weeks of treatment) Scale from: zero to 10 Therapeutic ultrasound vs placebo | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 68 participants | Low Downgraded: imprecision |
Short‐term improvement in hand grip strength (change from baseline to seven weeks) Therapeutic ultrasound vs placebo | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 90 participants | Low Downgraded: imprecision |
Long‐term improvement in CTS symptoms (number of participants with complete remission of subjective symptoms) (six months Therapeutic ultrasound vs placebo | RR 3.67 [1.74, 7.74] | 1 study · 60 participants | Low Downgraded: imprecision |
Long‐term improvement in pain and/or paraesthesia (six months Therapeutic ultrasound vs placebo | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 60 participants | Low Downgraded: imprecision |
Long‐term improvement in hand grip strength (six months Therapeutic ultrasound vs placebo | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 60 participants | Low Downgraded: imprecision |