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NCT Number: NCT01388751

Mallet Finger Splinting Study

Do patients that night splint for 1 month after 6-8 weeks of continuous splinting for a mallet injury have the same extensor lag 4 months after initiating treatment as patients that do not perform night splinting?

Secondary Question: Is night splinting a predictor of DASH score or patient satisfaction (on a 5-Point Likert scale)?

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Key information

Conditions

Mallet Finger

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Massachusetts General Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts, 02114, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • All adult, English-speaking patients in the practice of Dr. Jesse Jupiter, Dr. Chaitanya Mudgal, or Dr. David Ring electing splint treatment for mallet deformity will be invited to enroll on their follow-up visit 6-8 weeks after initiating splint treatment.

Exclusion criteria

  • Open lesions
  • Mallet fracture more than 2 weeks old
  • Mallet fracture with subluxation of the distal interphalangeal joint.

Treatment and study plan

night splinting

Procedure

splint finger at night for 4 weeks

Primary outcomes

  1. Extensor Lag

    Time frame: 4 months

    Null Hypothesis:

    Patients that night splint for 1 month after 6-8 weeks of continuous splinting for a mallet injury have the same extensor lag 4 months after initiating treatment as patients that do not perform night splinting.

Secondary outcomes

  1. DASH score

    Time frame: 4 months

    Secondary Study Questions:

    Is night splinting a predictor of DASH score or patient satisfaction (on a 5-Point Likert scale)?

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Massachusetts General Hospital

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Night Splinting After 6 to 8 Weeks of Continuous Splinting for Mallet Finger

Important dates

Study start
2008
Primary completion
2012
Study completion
2012
First posted
Jul 7, 2011
Registry last updated
Oct 31, 2012

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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