NCT00612248

Functional Splint for Osteoarthritis of the Trapeziometacarpal Joint

Assessment of the Effectiveness of a Functional Splint for Osteoarthritis of the Trapeziometacarpal Joint on the Dominant Hand: A Randomized Controlled Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 2
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 40 (actual)
• Sponsor: Federal University of São Paulo · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 40 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Forty participants were enrolled in a randomized, controlled clinical trial to evaluate the effectiveness of a functional thumb splint for trapeziometacarpal OA in the dominant hand.

Detailed description

Treatment, Randomized, Single Blind, Placebo Control, Parallel Assignment, Efficacy Study

Conditions

• Osteoarthritis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Splint	Patients in the study group received the splint on the day of the first evaluation and took it with them for use during activities of daily living and patients in the control group only used the splint during the evaluations

Timeline

• Start date: 2005-07-01
• Primary completion: 2007-07-01
• Completion: 2007-12-01
• First posted: 2008-02-11
• Last updated: 2008-02-11