Bilateral Idiopathic Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: Clinical-Functional Characterization and Efficacy of Two Combined Postoperative Physiotherapeutic Treatments.
Sergio Murilo GeorgetoRodrigo Antônio Carvalho AndrausEros O JúniorRubens A da SilvaSuzy NgomoKaren Barros Parron FernandesPublished in: Orthopaedic surgery (2023)
The combination of IASTM with stretching, used in the postoperative period of bilateral idiopathic CTS, proved to be supplementary, with significant results and large effect sizes for most of the outcomes assessed, both during the time of application of the therapies and in the 6-month follow-up for both hands, and may constitute a viable therapeutic alternative for this population.