Efficacy of serial Bastian [CO2]-hand baths or paraffin baths in addition to hand group gymnastics on functional parameters of the scleroderma hand - a radomized controlled study

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00021265

Enrollment

Registered

2020-04-07

Start date

2009-12-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

M34

Interventions

Group 1: Patients with systemic sclerosis and scleroderma hand, who receive therapy with CO2 hand baths (15 min, 33°C, 9 baths in 10 days with prescription: 1l water (33°C), 3.75g CO2 carrier, 5g CO2

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to 99 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: patients with systemic sclerosis and skleroderma hand

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: contraindications to CO2 or parraffin Hand baths like ulceration or infected ulcera

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Change in pain (Levels) measured by a visual analogue scale (VAS) (0-100mm) before and after intervention.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
- Change in pain levels measured by a visual analogue scale (VAS) (0-100mm) before and 3 months after intervention - Change before, after intervention and 3 months after intervention: - Change in finger grip force (D2-5) of the main Hand - Change in grip force of thumb of the main Hand - raynaud Syndroms frequency - handfunction measured by HAMIS-score	—

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactPhilipp Klemm

Campus Kerckhoff der Justus Liebig Universität Giessen, Abt. für Rheumatologie, Immunologie, Osteologie und Physikalische Medizin

p.klemm@kerckhoff-klinik.de06032-996-2101

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026