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A 2003 Cochrane review concluded that oral steroids, splinting, ultrasound, yoga and carpal bone mobilisation gave significant short-term benefit, while other non-surgical treatments did not.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“Current evidence shows significant short-term benefit from oral steroids, splinting, ultrasound, yoga and carpal bone mobilisation.”
Non-surgical treatment (other than steroid injection) for carpal tunnel syndrome, D O'Connor et al., Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2003, Authors' conclusions.
Open the original- What it measures
- Its authors say more trials are needed to find how long the benefit lasts.
- What it does not show
- This review is from 2003 and predates the 2023 splinting review, which reached a more cautious conclusion about splints.