flax seed and Improved Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

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

  • 2016-12-01
  • RCT
  • Journal of evidence-based complementary & alternative medicine 22(3)
  • • Mohammad Setayesh
    • Amir Reza Sadeghifar
    • Nozar Nakhaee
    • Mohammad Kamalinejad
    • Hossein Rezaeizadeh

  • PubMed: 27909031
  • DOI: 10.1177/2156587216677822

  2 Insights on

  • Improved Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

  • High evidence
  • Clinical

  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).

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate

  Significant

  Yes

  Dose

  topical gel (no specific dose reported)