Does three months of nightly splinting reduce thumb web-space contractures?
Completed
- Conditions
- Patients with contractures of the thumb web-space following SCI, TBI or strokeNeurological - Other neurological disorders
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12605000312640
- Lead Sponsor
- Royal Rehabilitation Centre Sydney
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 60
Inclusion Criteria
1. Have contractures of their thumb web-space2. have suffered a TBI, stroke or SCI3. are willing to wear a splint each night for three months4. are willing to cease all other co-interventions
Exclusion Criteria
1. Contracture is deemed too severe to manage with conservative intervention2.patient has very severe spasticity that prevents testing.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Palmar abduction of the carpometacarpal joint will be measured with a device specifically designed for the purpose which uses a wheel to apply a standardised torque to the carpometacarpal joint. The carpometacarpal angle will be measured with a goniometer, the centre of which was fixed to the centre of the wheel. Both thumbs will be measured<br>in all participants,[Measured immediately before and after the study period to both experimental and control participants.]
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Participants' perceptions about treatment effectiveness was assessed using 5 questions. Questions 1-3 were measured on a 10-point visual analogue scale with 1 was ‘not at all happy’ and 10 was ‘extremely happy’. Questions 4-5 required a yes/no response.<br><br>[The first three questions were administered immediately before and after the study period to both experimental and control participants. The last two questions were administered immediately after the intervention period to the experimental participants only.]