Comparative Effects of Paraffin Bath Therapy and Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy on Pain and Hand Functions in Patients With De Quervain Tenosynovitis
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Sponsor
- Enrollment
- 70
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Duruöz Hand Index (DHI)
Study Overview
Brief Summary
There is no study in the literature comparing both paraffin bath therapy and Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy (ESWT) in the treatment of patients with De Quervain Tenosynovitis. The aim of this study is performing this comparison.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Treatment
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to — (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •Being 18 years or older
- •Meeting De Quervain diagnostic criteria
- •Not having applied any physical therapy modality to the hand-wrist in the last 1 month
- •Not using pain medication in the last 1 month,
- •Not using local anesthetics or steroid injections on the hand-wrist in the last 3 months
- •Have received written consent to participate in the study, and have come to the last control at the 6th week.
Exclusion Criteria
- •Neurological diseases (especially neuropathies),
- •Malignancy,
- •Rheumatological diseases
- •Pregnancy
- •History of hand/wrist fracture or surgery
- •Hand/wrist trauma in the last 1 month
- •Coagulation disorder diseases
Arms & Interventions
Paraffin Bath Therapy
Paraffin bath therapy is a physical therapy method that can create a temperature increase of 7.5 °C in the joint capsule and 4.5 °C in the muscle.
Intervention: Paraffin Bath Therapy (Device)
Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy
Extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) is a noninvasive treatment that involves delivery of shock waves to injured soft tissue to reduce pain and promote healing.
Intervention: Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy (Device)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Duruöz Hand Index (DHI)
Time Frame: 6 weeks after baseline (one month after the end of treatment)
Duruöz Hand Index (DHI) is a functional disability scale that can be used successfully to assess the functional disability with different hand arthropathies. It consists of 18 items that evaluate hand and wrist activities. The answers are evaluated on a 6-level (0-5) Likert scale and the total score ranges from 0 to 90.
Visual Analogue Scale (VAS)
Time Frame: 6 weeks after baseline (one month after the end of treatment)
patient's self-assessment of pain, in the range of 0 to 10, higher scores mean a worse
Visual Analogue Scale (VAS)
Time Frame: at baseline (before the treatment)
patient's self-assessment of pain, in the range of 0 to 10, higher scores mean a worse
Visual Analogue Scale (VAS)
Time Frame: 2 weeks after baseline (at the end of treatment)
patient's self-assessment of pain, in the range of 0 to 10, higher scores mean a worse
Duruöz Hand Index (DHI)
Time Frame: at baseline (before the treatment)
Duruöz Hand Index (DHI) is a functional disability scale that can be used successfully to assess the functional disability with different hand arthropathies. It consists of 18 items that evaluate hand and wrist activities. The answers are evaluated on a 6-level (0-5) Likert scale and the total score ranges from 0 to 90.
Duruöz Hand Index (DHI)
Time Frame: 2 weeks after baseline (at the end of treatment)
Duruöz Hand Index (DHI) is a functional disability scale that can be used successfully to assess the functional disability with different hand arthropathies. It consists of 18 items that evaluate hand and wrist activities. The answers are evaluated on a 6-level (0-5) Likert scale and the total score ranges from 0 to 90.
Secondary Outcomes
No secondary outcomes reported
Investigators
Volkan Şah
Principal Investigator
Yuzuncu Yil University