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Occupational Therapy and Surgery in Carpometacarpal Osteoarthritis

NCT01794754 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 180

Last updated 2018-08-31

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of the study is to investigate if occupational therapy may delay or prevent the need for surgery in patients with carpometacarpal(CMC) osteoarthritis (OA) who are scheduled for surgery in the CMC-joint.

Our study hypothesis is that compared to participants in the intervention group, significantly more participants in the control group have received CMC-surgery after two years.

Conditions

  • Osteoarthritis in the Carpometacarpal (CMC) Joint

Interventions

OTHER

Care as usual

OTHER

Occupational therapy

Occupational therapy in the waiting period before surgery. Occupational therapy comprises orthoses for the CMC-joint, hand exercises, and use of alternative working methods and assistive devices. The participants are encouraged to perform hand exercises three times a week for the first 12 weeks, and to use orthosis as much as possible, both during daytime (day orthosis) and night time (night orthosis).

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • St. Olavs Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • Haukeland University Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • Haugesund Rheumatism Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • National Resource Center for Rehabilitation in Rheumatology

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Tore K Kvien, PhD · Research director, Diakonhjemmet Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
100 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-04-30
Primary Completion
2017-06-30
Completion
2018-08-31

Countries

  • Norway

Study Locations

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