ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2023
The Effectiveness of Rehabilitation after Open Surgical Release for Trigger Finger: A Prospective, Randomized, Controlled Study.
Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07482397 (Synergistic Effects of A1 Pulley Stretching Along With Tendon Gliding Exercises on Pain, Range of Motion, and Hand Grip Strength in Post-operative Patients of Trigger Finger.), which is not on this map. Cited by 2 papers.
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Synergistic Effects of A1 Pulley Stretching Along With Tendon Gliding Exercises on Pain, Range of Motion, and Hand Grip Strength in Post-operative Patients of Trigger Finger.
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- Research and Development of a 3D-Printed Dynamic Finger Flexion Orthosis for Finger Extension Stiffness-A Preliminary Study.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundIt is not clear whether rehabilitation after surgery for trigger finger is effective. The aim of this study was to reveal its effectiveness for trigger finger.
methodsThis study was a randomized, controlled trial that included patients who underwent operations for trigger fingers. The patients in the rehabilitation group had postoperative occupational therapy (OT) for 3 months, while the patients in the control group were not referred for rehabilitation but received advice for a range of motion exercises. We evaluated the severity of trigger finger, Disability of Arm-Shoulder-Hand (DASH) score, pain-visual analogue scale (VAS), grip strength, whether they gained a full range of motion (ROM), and complications before and after surgery.
resultsFinally, 29 and 28 patients were included in the control and rehabilitation groups, respectively. At final follow-up, the DASH score, grip strength, and ROM were significantly improved in the rehabilitation group compared to that preoperatively. At final follow-up, pain was significantly improved in both groups from that preoperatively. There were no significant differences in the results, including the DASH score, grip strength, ROM and pain-VAS between the control and rehabilitation groups at the final follow-up. Subgroup analysis showed that there is a significant difference in the DASH score of patients doing housework or light work and those with a duration of symptoms >12 months between the control and rehabilitation groups at the final follow-up.
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