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Randomized Controlled Trial
. 2017 Jul;22(3):462-467.
doi: 10.1177/2156587216677822. Epub 2016 Dec 1.

A Topical Gel From Flax Seed Oil Compared With Hand Splint in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Mohammad Setayesh  1 , Amir Reza Sadeghifar  2 , Nozar Nakhaee  2 , Mohammad Kamalinejad  3 , Hossein Rezaeizadeh  1
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Randomized Controlled Trial

A Topical Gel From Flax Seed Oil Compared With Hand Splint in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Mohammad Setayesh et al. J Evid Based Complementary Altern Med. 2017 Jul.

Abstract

This study compared the therapeutic effect of flax seed oil topical gel and hand splint in the treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome. This study was a randomized clinical trial. Forty-nine patients, 96 hands, with mild to moderate idiopathic carpal tunnel syndrome were divided into 2 groups randomly. One group was treated by topical gel and the other group by hand splint. Intensity of symptoms and function before and after intervention was measured via Boston Carpal Tunnel Questionnaire. After intervention, the ANCOVA showed a significant difference between the symptom and function scores of the 2 groups. In both cases, recovery was higher in the gel group ( P < .001). The topical use of flax seed oil gel is more effective in the improvement of symptoms and function of patients with mild to moderate carpal tunnel syndrome as compared with hand splint, and it can be introduced as an effective treatment.

Keywords: Persian medicine; carpal tunnel syndrome; flax seed oil.

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Declaration of Conflicting Interests: The authors declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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