NCT01388751

Mallet Finger Splinting Study

Night Splinting After 6 to 8 Weeks of Continuous Splinting for Mallet Finger

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 52 (actual)
• Sponsor: Massachusetts General Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

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)?

Conditions

• Mallet Finger

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	night splinting	splint finger at night for 4 weeks

Timeline

• Start date: 2008-11-01
• Primary completion: 2012-05-01
• Completion: 2012-09-01
• First posted: 2011-07-07
• Last updated: 2012-10-31

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States