Abstract
Purpose: To investigate the effects on pain, symptom severity, and functionality of different physiotherapy methods applied to patients with carpal tunnel syndrome and to evaluate the advantages of these over each other.
 Methods: A total of 75 patients (69 females, 6 males) aged 25-60 years were separated into 3 groups. The patients in Group 1 were given a home exercise program (HP), including median nerve and tendon gliding exercises. Group 2 received the same HP plus manual therapy (MT), including soft tissue and joint mobilisation. Group 3 received the same HP plus extracorporeal shockwave therapy (ESWT). Pain severity was evaluated with a Visual Analog Scale. Symptom severity and levels of functionality were evaluated with the Boston Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Questionnaire and the Cochin Hand Function Questionnaire. All the patients were evaluated before and after treatment.
 Results: While there was a significant decrease in the resting and activity pain levels of each 3 groups after the treatment (p 0.05). However, the pain values of these two groups were significantly decreased compared to the EP group (p
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