Randomized, Sham-controlled, Pilot Trial Using Magnetic Wrist-Hand Fitments for Symptoms of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Ann Gill Taylor^1*, Pamela F Rodeheaver², Margarete DiBenedetto³, Cheryl Bourguignon¹, Joel G Anderson¹ and George T Gillies⁴

¹Center for the Study of Complementary and Alternative Therapies, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA, E-mail: agt@virginia.edu

²Wound Healing Laboratory, Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA, E-mail: agt@virginia.edu

³Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA, E-mail: agt@virginia.edu

⁴Department of Physics and Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA, E-mail: agt@virginia.edu

^*Corresponding Author: Ann Gill Taylor, EdD, RN, FAAN, Norris Professor of Nursing and Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Center for the Study of Complementary and Alternative Therapies, University of Virginia Schoo, P.O. Box 800782, Charlottesville VA 22908-0782, USA, Tel: 434-924-0113, Fax: 434-243-9938 Email: