Local vs systemic corticosteroids in the treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome
- 12 June 2001
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Neurology
- Vol. 56 (11) , 1565-1567
- https://doi.org/10.1212/wnl.56.11.1565
Abstract
The authors compared the effectiveness of low-dose, short-term oral prednisolone vs local methylprednisolone injection in a prospective, double-blinded, parallel treatment study of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). A single injection of 15 mg methylprednisolone resulted in significant improvement in global symptom scores over a 12-week period. This study demonstrated the superiority of local steroid injection to oral steroid in the treatment of CTS.Keywords
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