Delphi study: Carpal Tunnel Release (CTR)

COMPLETED

Aim A Delphi study to establish (i) what advice should be provided regarding return to driving after CTR; (ii) how work activities should be categorised and defined in relation to CTR, and when patients should be recommended to return to these activities; (iii) what wound care and rehabilitation advice should be provided after CTR. 

What the research will involve:

We developed consensus recommendations from an expert panel of hand surgeons, primary care surgeons and hand therapists using an electronic Delphi process.   

What has the study found so far?

Recommendations from this study expand on existing advice by including functional descriptors for occupational activities and guidance timescales generated through a formal consensus process. Areas where consensus was not reached warrant further exploration to assess whether different practices impact clinical and functional outcomes for patients. 

Study Team and further Information: Dr Lisa Newington, Prof Ira Madan et al 

Further information: l.newington@qmul.ac.uk 

Funder: British Association of Hand Therapists 2020 Research Grant.  

Publication  

Newington L, Madan I, Sandford F. Driving, work, wound care and rehabilitation after carpal tunnel release: Consensus recommendations from a UK Delphi study. Hand Therapy 27 (3)  https://doi.org/10.1177/17589983221113870