Minimizing Pain Experience In Trigger Finger Steroid Injection.
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Trigger Finger
- Interventions
- Device: 26 gauge needleDevice: 23 gauge needle
- Registration Number
- NCT03790969
- Lead Sponsor
- National University of Malaysia
- Brief Summary
To study the pain experience of trigger finger steroid injection with 26 gauge needle as compared to 23 gauge needle.
- Detailed Description
compare pain experience of trigger finger steroid injection between 26 gauge needle and 23 gauge needle.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- UNKNOWN
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 112
Inclusion Criteria
- Age above 18 year old
- Male or female(non-pregnant)
- Single trigger finger
- Clinically diagnosed trigger finger- Green classification Grade I or II
- No prior surgery to the involved finger
- Subject is able to provide voluntary, written informed consent
Exclusion Criteria
- Age less than 18 year old
- Allergy to lignocaine or corticosteroid
- Trigger finger with Green classification grade III or IV
- Previous surgery on the affected finger
- Any wound, neurovascular injury, or skin disease at injection site
- Concomitant ipsilateral fingers/wrist/forearm/arm injury
- Preexisting congenital/acquired deformities of hand (such as rheumatoid arthritis, contracture)
- Insensate hand
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description 26 gauge needle 26 gauge needle intervention group 23 gauge needle 23 gauge needle control group
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Visual analog scale-pain one minute after injection A numerical rating scale of 0 to 100, with 0 meaning no pain and 100 meaning the worst pain
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Chuah Sion Keat
🇲🇾Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia