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The Manchester Short Splint in the Rehabilitation of Zone II Flexor Tendon Repairs

NCT03850210 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2020-08-11

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Summary

The project sets out to compare two different splints in the outcome of zone II flexor tendon injury hand therapy rehabilitation programme. Traditional hand therapy is based on using a long forearm-based splint for 6 weeks in zone II flexor tendon injuries. Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust have devised a new shorter splint to use as an alternative to the traditional longer splint as there are cogent reasons for believing that permitting more wrist movement during rehabilitation will improve the range of finger movement ultimately (tendonesis effects).

Patients will be randomised to receive either the traditional long splint, or the short splint. Patients will be followed up and data will be collected at routine hand therapy appointments.

Conditions

  • Tendon Injuries

Interventions

DEVICE

Short Splint

Short Splint that permits maximal wrist flexion and up to 45° of wrist extension with a block to 30° of MCP joint extension.

DEVICE

Traditional Long Splint

Traditional splint is a forearm-based dorsal thermoplastic splint that immobilizes the wrist in neutral position with a block to 30° of metacarpophalangeal (MCP) joint extension

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

    lead OTHER_GOV

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
16 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-06-01
Primary Completion
2020-06-30
Completion
2020-06-30

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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