The Relationship Between Age and Carpal Tunnel Size

February 24, 2020 updated by: Peter M. Murray, Mayo Clinic
Investigators hypothesis is that as human age increases, the size of the carpal tunnel decreases.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Participants will be taken to a hand examination room where a portable ultrasound (US) machine is present. A previously determined wrist will be examined for each of the participants. The US will be used to obtain measurements of the subjects carpal tunnel and median nerve at multiple levels in order to define its size.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

100

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • Florida
      • Jacksonville, Florida, United States, 32224
        • Mayo Clinic in Florida

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Greater than age 18 having bilateral wrists amenable to ultrasound examination.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Active carpal tunnel syndrome,
  • history of carpal tunnel syndrome
  • any prior arm or hand surgery (including previous carpal tunnel release for any reason or previous surgery on the volar wrist)
  • distal radius fracture deformity
  • rheumatoid arthritis
  • open wounds or lesions of the hand or forearm
  • known congenital deformities of the upper extremity.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Diagnostic
  • Allocation: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Other: Ultrasound
Ultrasound wrists to determine carpal tunnel size
Procedure: Ultrasound
This ultrasound machine is owned by the department of orthopaedic surgery and is capable of up to 15 MHz image definition with its linear transducer

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Size of carpal tunnel
Time Frame: Baseline
using ultrasound imaging to determine size of carpal tunnel
Baseline

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Mayo Clinic

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Peter M Murray, Mayo Clinic

Publications and helpful links

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Helpful Links

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

May 22, 2017

Primary Completion (Actual)

February 1, 2020

Study Completion (Actual)

February 1, 2020

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

September 19, 2017

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 25, 2017

First Posted (Actual)

September 27, 2017

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

February 26, 2020

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 24, 2020

Last Verified

February 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 17-002345

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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