Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Mrs Nikki Burr
ORCID ID
Contact details
Physiotherapy
Mount Vernon Hospital
Rickmansworth Road
Northwood
Middlesex
HA6 2RN
United Kingdom
+44 (0)1923 844447
Nikki.Burr@whht.nhs.uk
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
N0143118853
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
Study hypothesis
To review the results obtained from three rehabilitation regimes following extensor tendon injury and repair in zones V-VI.
Ethics approval
Not provided at time of registration
Study design
Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Not specified
Trial type
Other
Patient information sheet
Condition
Musculoskeletal Diseases: Tendon injury
Intervention
Randomised controlled investigation to standardise rehabilitation after four weeks repair using three different regimes for the four weeks treatment.
1. Volar splint immobilising the wrist in extension and the metacarpophalangeal (MCP), proximal interphalangeal (PIP) and distal interphalangeal (DIP) joints immobilised in a neutral (extended) position (Newport et al 1990)
2. Wrist and MCP joints immobilised in a volar splint allowing controlled mobilisation of the PIP and DIP joints (Dargan 1969, Slater et al 1997)
3. A static volar splint with wrist extended, MCP joints flexed and PIP and DIP joints flexed. The patient carries out controlled extension exercises from the splint (Sylaidas et al 1997).
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
Baseline data for the hand therapy team to try and standardise the rehabilitation for this group.
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
01/11/2002
Overall trial end date
31/07/2004
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
From a group of 60 patients attending the hand therapy unit after undergoing extensor tendon repair in zones V-VI.
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Not Specified
Gender
Not Specified
Target number of participants
60
Participant exclusion criteria
Not provided at time of registration
Recruitment start date
01/11/2002
Recruitment end date
31/07/2004
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
Physiotherapy
Northwood, Middlesex
HA6 2RN
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
Department of Health (UK)
Sponsor details
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom
Sponsor type
Government
Website
Funders
Funder type
Government
Funder name
West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust (UK)
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Basic results (scientific)
Publication list
2005 results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15757771
Publication citations
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Results
Bulstrode NW, Burr N, Pratt AL, Grobbelaar AO, Extensor tendon rehabilitation a prospective trial comparing three rehabilitation regimes., J Hand Surg Br, 2005, 30, 2, 175-179, doi: 10.1016/j.jhsb.2004.10.016.