Finger Hardness Measure in Scleroderma

Completed

Conditions studied: Scleroderma

In brief

Thirty subjects with systemic sclerosis and 30 age and sex matched controls without any known condition that should cause increased skin hardness in the fingers with undergo examination by manual palpation and durometer measured hardness of their digital tuft skin by 2 observers on 2 separate occasions. There will be 1 hour between individual observer's scorings. Observers will be blinded from the observer's scores and from their previous scores. Results will be tabulated and compared for manual scores versus durometer measurements, intra-observer scores by both methods and inter-observer scores by both methods.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01111786

Run by

Mayo Clinic

People needed

60

Starts

2010-04-01

Expected to finish

2013-01-01

Last updated by the study team

2014-06-26

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Scleroderm
• Rheumatologic condition not effecting the skin tightness

Where it is running

• Mayo Clinic in Rochester — Rochester, Minnesota, United States

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