Day to day activities as therapeutic modalities to rehabilitate injured hands

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Hand injuries; Musculoskeletal - Other muscular and skeletal disorders; Injuries and Accidents - Other injuries and accidents; Physical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Occupational therapy

• Registration Number: ACTRN12614000569606
• Lead Sponsor: James Cook University

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2014-05-28
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 46

Inclusion Criteria

Potential participants are recruited from the hand out-patient occupational therapy clinic according to the following inclusion criteria:(1) Experienced bone, tendon and peripheral nerve injury to the hand, wrist and forearm; (2) Not on any hand therapy protocol (e.g.; flexor/extensor tendon protocol, post fracture stabilization, etc.); (3) No communication and cognitive deficits; (4) Able to read and write either in Malay or English and; (5) consent to take part in the study.

Exclusion Criteria

Clients who had; (1) Bilateral hand injuries (2) Brachial plexus, shoulder or elbow injury; (3) Repetitive strain injury (e.g. tendinitis, carpal tunnel syndrome, de quervain syndrome, etc.) and; (4) Burn injury are excluded from this study

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified