Residual Extensor Lag Approximately 1 Month After Splint or Cast Immobilization of a Mallet Finger

Mass General Brigham

Status: Withdrawn

Conditions: Patients Present With Mallet Finger

Treatments: Other: Likert Pain Scale; Other: Mallet Finger Extensor Lag Measurement; Other: PROMIS Upper Extremity

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02210676

2014P001041

Details and patient eligibility

About

Aim:

The purpose of the study is to learn more about how a person recovers after treatment for mallet finger injury. The investigators want to identify the best outcome after mallet finger injury and how to improve treatment strategies.

Primary null hypothesis:

There are no statistically significant factors associated with extensor lag between 4 weeks and 4 months after immobilization is discontinued for a mallet finger among demographic, injury, and treatment factors.

Secondary null hypothesis:

There are no statistically significant factors associated with PROMIS upper extremity function between 4 weeks and 4 months after completion of immobilization for a mallet finger among demographic, psychological, injury, and treatment factors.

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 18 years of age and older
• English fluency and literacy
• Mallet finger fracture or non-fracture
• Mallet finger subluxation or non-subluxation

Exclusion criteria

• Pregnant Women

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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0 participants in 1 patient group

Patients with Mallet Finger

Experimental group

Description:

All enrolled patients

Treatment:

Other: PROMIS Upper Extremity

Other: Likert Pain Scale

Other: Mallet Finger Extensor Lag Measurement