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C-GLOVES: the Effectiveness of Compression Gloves in Arthritis

NCT01874067 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 75

Last updated 2023-02-10

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Summary

This is a collaborative study with 11 Occupational Therapy (OT) departments in North-West England. The OTs provide arthritis gloves to 25% of out-patients with inflammatory, rheumatoid and osteoarthritis. The pressure applied by the glove(s) may help relieve hand pain, swelling and stiffness. People find they help but there is little research testing this. Of the five small studies published: two found little or no benefit; one found similar effects from arthritis and ordinary thermal gloves; two found some benefits. Testing if gloves work helps therapists and patients judge if they will help.

This is a feasibility study to help us plan a future trial testing if arthritis gloves work for people with arthritis. We aim to find out: the rate we can recruit people to the study; if OTs can assess people's hands and provide gloves as agreed; how many people do we need to take part in a trial; what do people think (if any) is the gloves' most important effect and how long should we test them for? We will analyse the data to see what effect the gloves have.

The study will last 12 months. People will get arthritis gloves as part of their usual care. The OTs have agreed a standard way of assessing and providing the gloves to ensure best practice across departments. The assessments include: difficulties using hands, pain and stiffness levels, and measuring hand and finger joint size and movement. People can take part if they: have one of the three types of arthritis; are willing to wear Isotoner three-quarter length gloves; can attend the usual 4 week review appointment for re-assessment; will allow us to use their anonymized hand assessments. We will also interview some people about their views of the assessment and their treatment. Each patient will be involved for 4-8 weeks.

Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

Arthritis glove

Isotoner three-quarter finger arthritis glove

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Salford

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Alison Hammond, PhD · University of Salford

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-10-31
Primary Completion
2014-06-30
Completion
2015-03-31

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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