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Mallet Finger Splinting Study

NCT01388751 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 52

Last updated 2012-10-31

No results posted yet for this study

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

PROCEDURE

night splinting

splint finger at night for 4 weeks

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Massachusetts General Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • David Ring, MD, PhD · Massachusetts General Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-11-30
Primary Completion
2012-05-31
Completion
2012-09-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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