A pilot study comparing the effectiveness of two methods of immobilisation in the treatment of de Quervain's disease

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Musculoskeletal Diseases: De Quervain's disease; Musculoskeletal Diseases; Synovitis and tenosynovitis

• Registration Number: ISRCTN36694296
• Lead Sponsor: Record Provided by the NHSTCT Register - 2007 Update - Department of Health

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2007-09-28
• Last Update Posted: 17 October 2016

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: 30

Inclusion Criteria

Thirty patients who have been diagnosed as having de Quervain's disease

Exclusion Criteria

1. Patients who have already received invasive treatment including steroid injections or surgery to the first dorsal compartment of the affected hand for de Quervain's disease. These patients have already received invasive treatment and therefore conservative management is less likely to be effective. By excluding these patients we will be reducing any influencing variables and ensuring that only the effectiveness of immobilisation is being studied.
2. Patients who display a positive grind test for 1st CMC joint osteoarthritis. The nature and cause of pain in patients with a positive grind test is likely to be due to osteoarthritis of the joint and not de Quervain's disease.
3. Patients with a negative Finkelsteins test or whose pain during the test is not localised to the first dorsal compartment - as this is a diagnostic tool patients who do not display a positive Finkelsteins test are unlikely to have de Quervain's disease.
4. Patients who are unable to give informed consent or comply with the treatment regime will be excluded from this study. Hounslow PCT requires all patients to give informed consent and as this study requires participants to adhere to a protocol, all patients who are unable to do so will be excluded.
5. Patients not registered with a General Practitioner (GP). The Hand Injuries Unit requires that all patient referred to the unit are registered with a GP. This allows handover of duty of care to occur when treatment is completed. Patients who are not registered with a GP will not be assessed or receive treatment from the Hand Injuries Unit until they are registered.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified