The Role of the Cervical Spine in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

The physical therapy group will receive 3 treatment sessions of manual therapies including maneuvers targeted to the areas anatomically related to the median nerve (i.e., cervical spine, shoulder, elbow and wrist) of 30min of duration, once per week.

The surgical group will receive a surgical procedure consisting of the decompression and release of the median nerve at the carpal tunnel performed by an experienced surgeon according to standardized protocols.