Effectiveness of Non-surgical Interventions for the Trigger Finger: a Randomized Clinical Trial
NCT ID: NCT02972879
Last Updated: 2017-07-06
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Basic Information
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UNKNOWN
NA
132 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2018-03-01
2020-07-31
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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* Oral nonsteroidal and steroidal antiinflammatory's drugs use to resolve the inflammatory process
* Corticosteroids local injection: that proposes to control the inflammation, these injections have shown good effectiveness for trigger finger treatment.
* Orthotic: with the aim of to immobilize the affected joint until the resolution of the inflammatory process.
* Electrotherapeutic modalities:
* Paraffin that increases cellular metabolism and promotes peripheral vasodilatation, favoring the transduction tissue fluid, lymph flow, hyperemia and consequent absorption of exsudato.
* LASER -Lower Level Laser Therapy (LLLT): the absorption of light through the skin's photoreceptors stimulates mitochondrial chain reactions, promoting adenosine triphosphate (ATP) synthesis, acting on gene expression, which raises the level of growth factors and Tissue repair
Although the non-surgical treatment is often used there is no evidence in the literature of which is the most effective conservative treatment for trigger finger. Thus, it is necessary use appropriate methodology to define the benefits and harms of each treatment modality and assess the effectiveness of these nonsurgical treatments, and may define which one has a higher resolution and lower rates of trigger finger recurrences in short, medium and long term.
Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
TREATMENT
SINGLE
Study Groups
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Therapeutic Modalities
* Group 1: Metal orthotic, keeping 0º of the extension of the proximal interphalangeal joint, during all day, for 5 weeks, stopping the use only for bathing
* Group 2: 10 LLLT sessions applications on the A1 pulley and lump formed on the flexor tendon of the the affected finger; Two sessions per week, five weeks of treatment.
* Group 3: Paraffin bath 2 times a week for 20 minutes (total of 10 sessions).
Therapeutic modalities: Orthotic (Group 1)
participants will be instructed to remove the orthosis only two hours in the morning, two hours in the afternoon and two hours at night to avoid joint stiffness
Therapeutic modalities: LLLT (Group 2)
The LLLT parameters are:
* LASER 904nm
* P: 1.5W/cm²
* 30mV/cm²
* Area 2 cm²
* 1 Joule por ponto ( in the A1 pulley)
Therapeutic modalities: Paraffin (Group 3)
Paraffin will be heated and maintained at 50 ° C. Participants will immerse their affected hand 10 times in heated paraffin, then they will roll up their affected hand in a towel that they will bring, after 20 minutes timed by a trained professional, the subjects will remove the towel and "paraffin glove":
Corticosteroid injection
Group 4: Corticosteroid injection in the A1 pulley, 1 application.
Corticosteroid injection (Group 4)
The injection solution is composed of 1 ml of betamethasone and 1 ml of 2% lidocaine.This group may repeat the procedure in two weeks if they report that there was no improvement of the triggering or pain.
Interventions
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Therapeutic modalities: Orthotic (Group 1)
participants will be instructed to remove the orthosis only two hours in the morning, two hours in the afternoon and two hours at night to avoid joint stiffness
Therapeutic modalities: LLLT (Group 2)
The LLLT parameters are:
* LASER 904nm
* P: 1.5W/cm²
* 30mV/cm²
* Area 2 cm²
* 1 Joule por ponto ( in the A1 pulley)
Therapeutic modalities: Paraffin (Group 3)
Paraffin will be heated and maintained at 50 ° C. Participants will immerse their affected hand 10 times in heated paraffin, then they will roll up their affected hand in a towel that they will bring, after 20 minutes timed by a trained professional, the subjects will remove the towel and "paraffin glove":
Corticosteroid injection (Group 4)
The injection solution is composed of 1 ml of betamethasone and 1 ml of 2% lidocaine.This group may repeat the procedure in two weeks if they report that there was no improvement of the triggering or pain.
Other Intervention Names
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Signing the Terms of Consent.
Exclusion Criteria
* Presence of traumatic finger trigger
* Secondary causes (patients with tumor of the tendon sheath,
synovitis tuberculosis, etc ...)
18 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Federal University of São Paulo
OTHER
Beatriz Sernajoto Cristiani Pedro
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Beatriz Sernajoto Cristiani Pedro
BSCPedro
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References
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Related Links
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World Association of Laser Therapy. Recommended antiinflammatory dosage for low level laser therapy. 2005. (accessed june 20, 2017).
Other Identifiers
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BSCPedro
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Identifier Source: org_study_id
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