10 to 15 year follow-up after mallet finger fracture. A pilot study on the relation between anatomical position and radiological osteoarthritis.
Completed
- Conditions
- degenerative joint diseasedegenerative osteoarthritis100059421001732210005944
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON42903
- Lead Sponsor
- Reinier de Graaf Groep
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 100
Inclusion Criteria
Diagnosed with a mallet finger fracture between 2001 and 2006.
Able to speak, read and write Dutch or English.
Patient has to be 18 years or older
Exclusion Criteria
Unable to understand or answer the questionnaires, irrespective of the reason
Unwilling to participate
Unable to find primary X-rays in the archive
Mallet finger fracture in the same digit on both hands
Mallet finger fracture in the same finger twice
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>- The degree of OA in the fractured fingers and the same digit of the other<br /><br>hand.<br /><br>- The difference in degree of OA between the fractured and the non-fractured<br /><br>fingers.<br /><br>The degree of OA in the DIP-joints will be assessed using the standardised hand<br /><br>radiographs from the Osteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI).<br /><br>Osteophytes and joint space narrowing (JSN) in the DIP-joints will be graded<br /><br>0-3 points each, with total scores for the degree of OA ranging from 0 to 6. </p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>- Finger (DIP-joint) function and pain.<br /><br>- Health status<br /><br>- Pinch grip strength.<br /><br>- Relation between OA and functional outcome.<br /><br>- Prevalence and degree of OA of the fractured and non-fractured fingers.</p><br>