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The effects of cupping therapy as a new approach in the physiotherapeutic management of carpal tunnel syndrome.

Shirin MohammadiMohammad Mohsen RoostayiSedigheh Sadat NaimiAlireza Akbarzadeh Baghban
Published in: Physiotherapy research international : the journal for researchers and clinicians in physical therapy (2019)
The results showed that incorporation of cupping therapy in a routine physical therapy programme can reduce the severity of symptoms and improve the distal sensory disturbance of the median nerve. Therefore, it is suggested that cupping, as a convenient and low-cost method, can be used as a complementary therapy in the treatment of CTS.
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