ISRCTN59145515
Completed
N/A
Rheumatoid patients with wrist synovitis, if prescribed wrist splints do better in terms of grip strength, than if not prescribed
Record Provided by the NHSTCT Register - 2006 Update - Department of Health0 sites40 target enrollmentSeptember 29, 2006
Overview
- Phase
- N/A
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Not specified
- Sponsor
- Record Provided by the NHSTCT Register - 2006 Update - Department of Health
- Enrollment
- 40
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 9 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
No summary available.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •1\. Stable DMARDs (disease modifying anti\-rheumatic drugs) for the preceding month (to ensure patients are not experiencing any known side effects to the prescribed medication)
- •2\. Male/Female 18 years of age or over (children not seen in department)
- •3\. Confirmed diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis
- •4\. Disease duration \>1 year (disease process confirmed)
- •5\. Clinically diagnosed synovitis (swelling) of the wrist
- •6\. Able to read, understand and complete consent form and questionnaire (as the patient will be seen in clinic and expected to complete them whilst in clinic)
- •7\. Able to wear splints as directed (as the patient will need to fit and remove splints themselves)
- •Patients will be attending their routine follow up rheumatology clinic and seen by their clinician. Any patient presenting with a swollen wrist who has been prescribed a wrist splint by their clinician, will be invited to speak to the researcher and the purpose of the trial fully explained. All the rheumatology clinicians in the department will be made aware of the study and will be kept informed of its progress throughout, in order to aid identification of patients.
- •The patients will be given the appropriate written information and asked to read whilst in clinic. The researcher will be available at that time to discuss any queries.
- •If the patients fully meet the criteria and have agreed to enrol on the trial they will be seen by an assistant and randomised to receive a standard splint or dummy splint.
Exclusion Criteria
- •1\. Previous wrist or hand surgery
- •2\. Severe deformity of the wrist or hand
- •3\. Previous injury or fracture of the wrist or hand and disease duration \< 1 year.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Not specified
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