CMC Arthritis - Neoprene Vs. Thermoplast Short Opponens Splinting

Completed

Conditions studied: Carpometacarpal Thumb Arthritis

In brief

Carpometacarpal Thumb Arthritis is a disease caused by different factors and attacks mainly woman older than 50 years. The signs and symptoms consist in pain, swelling, joint instability, deformity and loss of motion. Some evidence has shown that splinting of the thumb may be of benefit. There are two methods of splinting: The first is Standard Neoprene wrap-on thumb support (in which the finger is kept in the same position with in a standard Neoprene thumb splint). The second is Thermoplast Short Opponens splint (This splint is custom-made and the thumb is use as a template to design the splint). The purpose of this study is to test and evaluate these two protocols of splinting and assess which one helps or works better in patients with thumb arthritis.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00438763

Run by

Massachusetts General Hospital

People needed

120

Starts

2005-12-01

Expected to finish

2013-02-01

Last updated by the study team

2013-09-27

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients aged 18 or older.
• Males and females diagnosed using clinical criteria as having CMC Thumb Arthritis
• Radiological diagnosis is not necessary

You may not qualify if…

• Patients with previous history of CMC Thumb Arthritis treated surgically

Where it is running

• Massachusetts General Hospital — Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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