Comparing the Effects of Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy and Splinting in the Treatment of Trigger Finger

Mahidol University

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Shockwave Therapy; Trigger Finger

Treatments: Device: Splint; Device: Shockwave

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06746974

MURA2024/819

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this study is to compare the effects of extracorporeal shockwave therapy and splinting in the treatment of trigger finger.

Participants will:

Be randomized into two groups (shockwave group and splint group). Visit the clinic once a week for four weeks for therapy. Keep a diary of their symptoms, which will be reviewed at six weeks.

Enrollment: 24 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients age ≥ 18 years
• Grade I-III trigger finger patients (patients who has the presence of tenderness over the A1 pulley or painful locking or triggering as they fixed and extended the finger)
• Patients who consented to participation in the study

Exclusion criteria

• Trigger thumb
• The patients who had received previous treatment (steroid injection, ESWT or surgical release)
• Patients with local infections, malignancies, severe coagulopathy and pregnancy

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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24 participants in 2 patient groups

Shockwave

Experimental group

Treatment:

Device: Shockwave

Splint

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Device: Splint