NCT02789852

Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Night Orthosis in Treating Women With Symptomatic Osteoarthritis in the Interphalangeal Joint of the Dominant Hand

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 52 (actual)
• Sponsor: Federal University of São Paulo · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 40 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Evaluation of the effectiveness of using a night orthosis for II and III or fingers of the dominant hand in women diagnosed with symptomatic osteoarthritis compared to a control group.

Detailed description

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of using a night orthosis for II and III or fingers of the dominant hand in women diagnosed with symptomatic osteoarthritis compared to a control group. Methods: Through a randomized controlled clinical trial with blind assessment and follow-up of six months. Fifty-Two participants were randomized into two groups: group orthosis and control, and made a night orthosis II and or III fingers, thermoplastic will be used as a treatment for participants orthosis group. The participants underwent four evaluations at time 0, 45 days, 90 days and 180 days after its inclusion in the study. The variables studied were: the visual analog scale of pain, grip and pinch strength, questionnaires Cochin and Australian/Canadian Hand Osteoarthritis Index and functional Pick-up test.

Conditions

• Hand Injuries

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Orthosis	use orthosis

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-05-30
• Primary completion: 2017-01-30
• Completion: 2017-04-01
• First posted: 2016-06-03
• Last updated: 2017-04-11

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Brazil