Pain Reduction and Changes in Upper Limb Function Produced by Different Treatments in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

In the present investigation the pain reduction effects of a physiotherapy technique will be compared to those produced by two different pharmaceutical treatments and also by the absence of treatment, in subjects who suffer the signs and symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome.

The present randomized clinical trial will perform a comparison of the pain reduction effects produced by the application of a non invasive and non pharmacological median nerve neural mobilization (physiotherapy treatment), to those effects produced by an oral ibuprofen arginine pharmacological treatment, an oral gabapentin pharmacological treatment and the lack of treatment in subjects diagnosed with carpal tunnel syndrome. Additionally, effects over the functionality of the affected upper limb will be evaluated and compared. Subjects will be invited to participate and randomly allocated to 4 different groups.