Discussion
CTS, osteoarthritis, inflammation
OSTEOARTHRITIS, DISEASES, INFLAMMATION
ESWT is a new noninvasive procedure applied extensively in recent years in treating soft tissue diseases like osteoarthritis [In many studies, nitric oxide produced by ESWT contributes to an increase in the angiogenesis growth factors’ level and inhibits inflammation through the suppressive production of pro-inflammatory cytokines [It can be deduced that this study is the first where corticosteroids are consumed as a supplementary with ESWT in patients with mild to moderate CTS; consequently, this study is subject to many limitations, like a small statistical population and short-term follow-up period. Another important restricting component here is the gender with a high count of females; if the same were males, the results might have varied. Accordingly, evaluation of the components that would indicate the possible mechanisms of ESWT and corticosteroids’ simultaneous action in future studies are of primary concern.