Status:
COMPLETED
Comparison of Trigger Finger Orthotic Wearing Schedules
Lead Sponsor:
Sharp HealthCare
Collaborating Sponsors:
University of Utah
Conditions:
Trigger Finger
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
A randomized prospective pre-post test case series was chosen for this study. This case series will provide feasibility data in preparation for a randomized controlled study of this topic in the futur...
Detailed Description
Participants: Nine participants will be recruited through a convenience sampling of patients as they become available through referral by physicians, physician assistants, and nurse practioners to th...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- referred to hand therapy with single digit triggering of left and / or right hand.
- agreement to participate in the study and receive an orthotic as part of the treatment of digital triggering.
- If after four months of utilizing the previously stated criteria all nine participants have not been able to be recruited, the criteria will be broadened. The inclusion criteria will be broadened to include:
- (1) referred for hand therapy with one or more digits triggering.
Exclusion
- a triggering digit that presents with Froimson's (1999) grade III or IV of severity (Table 1).
- triggering of the affected digit for greater than 6 months.
- more than one triggering digit per hand.
- a triggering thumb.
- have received a corticosteroid injection in the triggering digit within the past 2 years.
- do not speak English.
- a diagnosed cognitive deficit that impairs their ability to follow the protocol of the study and provide informed consent to participate in the study.
- less than 18 years of age.
- If after four months of utilizing the previously stated criteria all nine participants have not been able to be recruited, the criteria will be broadened. The exclusion criteria will be broadened to include:
- (1) a triggering digit that is locked in flexion and unable to be passively unlocked; Froimson's (1999) grade IV.
- Table 1 Froimson's (1999) grading of digital triggering severity
- Grade I: Pain associated with pre-triggering. Tenderness to palpation over the first annular pulley. Reported history of digital triggering, although not reproducible during clinical examination.
- Grade II: Digital triggering occurs, although, digit can be unlocked with active extension.
- Grade III: Digital triggering occurs and passive extension is necessary to unlock the digit, or active flexion is unable to be performed at the digit.
- Grade IV: Digital triggering of the interphalangeal joint is unable to be unlocked with active or passive movement.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 20 2019
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
May 1 2020
Estimated Enrollment :
9 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04094389
Start Date
September 20 2019
End Date
May 1 2020
Last Update
May 15 2020
Active Locations (1)
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Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center Outpatient Rehabilitation Department
Chula Vista, California, United States, 91911