Effect of Combined exercise therapy on the clinical outcomes in patients with thumb carpometacarpal joint osteoarthritis

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• Conditions: Thumb carpometacarpal joint osteoarthritis.; Subluxation and dislocation of carpometacarpal joint of thumb; S63.04

• Registration Number: IRCT20240117060714N1
• Lead Sponsor: Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Last Update Posted: 27 May 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 26

Inclusion Criteria

Patients with thumb carpometacarpal joint osteoarthritis who are diagnosed by a trained orthopedist in stage 2, 1 and 3 of the Eaton-Littler-Burton criteria based on radiographic evidence
The hand with the thumb carpometacarpal joint osteoarthritis must be the patient's dominant hand.
Average pain = 30 on a 100 mm VAS scale, where 0 means no pain and 100 the worst imaginable pain during the past 30 days and in the 48 hours before the baseline assessment
Lack of crystal arthritis
Lack of hemochromatosis
Lack of autoimmune arthritis
Lack of fibromyalgia which is checked by the orthopedist
Lack of hand surgery Last 6 months or planned in the next 6 months
No intra-articular injection of hyaluronic acid in the affected joint in the last 6 months and no intra-articular steroid in the affected joint in the last month
No significant damage to the affected joint in the last 6 months

Exclusion Criteria

A score lower than 23 on the mini mental state examination
Planning hand surgery in the next 6 months

Study & Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Study Design: Not specified