Hand Exercises for Women With Rheumatoid Arthritis and Impaired ADL Ability: an Exploratory Trial (RAHExercise)

Parker Research Institute

Status

Completed

Conditions

Rheumatoid Arthritis

Treatments

Other: Compensatory Intervention Program (CIP)

Other: Hand Exercise

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT02140866

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Details and patient eligibility

About

The study examines whether hand exercise therapy as an add on to a compensatory intervention program focused on joint protection, assistive devices and alternative methods of doing will improve the performance of ADL tasks requiring hand function in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).

Enrollment

55 patients

Sex

Female

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Female sex.
Age ≥ 18.
Diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis (2).
Involvement of the hands, due to minimum one tender wrist, metacarpophalangeal (MCP) or proximal interphalangeal (PIP) joint in one of the hands.
Be on stable medication for at least 3 months prior to participation.
Self-reported decreased ability to perform personal and instrumental ADL tasks involving the hands.

Exclusion criteria

Significant osteoarthritis of the hand assessed at the initial examination by the rheumatologist
Hand surgery within 6 months of study participation
Other pain condition involving muscles and/or joints, e.g. fibromyalgia.
Prednisolon therapy, change in dose of biological agent or start of treatment with a new biological agent within the last 3 month before study start.
Inability to understand the information or to speak Danish
Any other condition that in the opinion of the investigator or accessing rheumatologist puts an otherwise eligible participant at increased risk by participation or otherwise make the person unfit for participation.