Night Splinting After 6 to 8 Weeks of Continuous Splinting for Mallet Finger
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 52
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Extensor Lag
研究概览
简要总结
Do patients that night splint for 1 month after 6-8 weeks of continuous splinting for a mallet injury have the same extensor lag 4 months after initiating treatment as patients that do not perform night splinting?
Secondary Question: Is night splinting a predictor of DASH score or patient satisfaction (on a 5-Point Likert scale)?
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Single Group
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •All adult, English-speaking patients in the practice of Dr. Jesse Jupiter, Dr. Chaitanya Mudgal, or Dr. David Ring electing splint treatment for mallet deformity will be invited to enroll on their follow-up visit 6-8 weeks after initiating splint treatment.
排除标准
- •Open lesions
- •Mallet fracture more than 2 weeks old
- •Mallet fracture with subluxation of the distal interphalangeal joint.
研究组 & 干预措施
no night splinting
night splinting
Night Splinting for 4 weeks after removal of initial cast
干预措施: night splinting (Procedure)
结局指标
主要结局
Extensor Lag
时间窗: 4 months
Null Hypothesis: Patients that night splint for 1 month after 6-8 weeks of continuous splinting for a mallet injury have the same extensor lag 4 months after initiating treatment as patients that do not perform night splinting.
次要结局
- DASH score(4 months)
研究者
David C. Ring, MD
Principal Investigator; Director of Research, Hand Service
Massachusetts General Hospital