Nerve Injury in the Hand, an Interview Study

Karolinska Institute

Status: Invitation-only

Conditions: Nerve Injury

Treatments: Other: Surgery

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05080608

Nerve injury interview

Details and patient eligibility

About

This qualitative study sought to explore the exerience of change in physical activity due to nerve injury in the arm and hand.

Full description

Aim:

Has the physical activity level changed in connection with the nerve injury. Experiences of factors influensing this change.

Population: Patients surgically treated for digital,median,ulnar-or plexus nerveinjuries at Södersjukhuset or Universitets sjukhuset in Linköping. 1-3 years ago. Age 18-75.

Method: Interviews are carried out over the phone, digitally recorded and trascribed. The analysis is inductive approach.

Enrollment: 25 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 75 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Injury to the median, ulnar or digital nerve or injury to the brachial plexus.
• 1-5 years post injury.

Exclusion criteria

• Severe psychiatric disease.
• Drug or alcohol abuse.
• Insufficient language understanding.
• Severe diabetes mellitus with nerve complications.

Trial design

25 participants in 1 patient group

Nerve injury

Description:

This is an interview study of patients with injury to the median, ulnar or digital nerve or brachial plexus injury.

Treatment:

Other: Surgery