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Trigger Finger Treatment

NCT03847935 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 86

Last updated 2019-02-20

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Trigger finger is a common disorder of the hand which causes pain at the A1 pulley, inflammation, stiffness and/or snapping during movement. This observational study compared all of the possible treatments and combinations of treatments for trigger finger at the A1 pulley, including surgery, cortisone injections and hand therapy.

Conditions

  • Trigger Finger
  • Trigger Digit
  • Stenosing Tenosynovitis

Interventions

PROCEDURE

surgery

A1 pulley release of finger

PROCEDURE

corticosteroid injections

corticosteroid injection to A1 pulley

OTHER

Hand Therapy

orthosis fabrication, therapeutic exercise for range of motion to digits, ice massage, nodule massage, patient education,

OTHER

Modality Hand Therapy

orthosis fabrication, therapeutic exercise for range of motion to digits, ice massage, nodule massage, patient education, plus modalities such as ultrasound, iontophoresis

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Massachusetts, Worcester

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Massachusetts, Lowell

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Erika S. Lewis, Ed.D · Associate Professor, University of Massachusetts Lowell

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-12-10
Primary Completion
2012-12-08
Completion
2012-12-08

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