Therapeutic responses to Subcutaneous versus Intra-sheath sonographically guided corticosteroid injection in the management of Trigger Finger
Phase 2
- Conditions
- Trigger Finger.Trigger finger, Nodular tendinous disease
- Registration Number
- IRCT201202187274N3
- Lead Sponsor
- Vice chancellor for research, Guilan University of Medical Science
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 166
Inclusion Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: having three symptoms of pain and tenderness at the position of A1 pulley, feeling pain and discomfort when flexing and extending finger, and nodule palpation.
Exclusion Criteria
Any kind of concomitant local Tenosynovitis such as DeQurvain Disease, carpal tunnel syndrome, and Dupuytren's Contracture; clinical doubt to other diseases with similar symptoms and their affirmation in executed investigations; any history of local injection of corticosteroid; and any associated medical conditions such as diabetes melitus, rheumatoid arthritis and hypothyroidism.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Therapeutic response (Decrease in Quinnell's grade). Timepoint: Before first injection, 3 and 6 weeks, 3 and 6 months and 1 year after first injection. Method of measurement: Quinnell's grade.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Reinjection. Timepoint: 3 and 6 weeks, 3 and 6 months and 1 year after first injection. Method of measurement: Number.;Open Surgery. Timepoint: 6 weeks, 3 and 6 months and 1 year after first injection. Method of measurement: Number.