Mallet Finger
Conditions
Keywords
Mallet Finger splinting
Brief summary
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)?
Interventions
PROCEDUREnight splinting
splint finger at night for 4 weeks
Sponsors
Massachusetts General Hospital
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
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
1. Open lesions 2. Mallet fracture more than 2 weeks old 3. Mallet fracture with subluxation of the distal interphalangeal joint.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Extensor Lag | 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
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DASH score | 4 months | Secondary Study Questions: Is night splinting a predictor of DASH score or patient satisfaction (on a 5-Point Likert scale)? |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed