Night-time immobilization of the distal interphalangeal joint reduces pain and extension deformity in hand osteoarthritis

Rheumatology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1142-1149

  Watt, Fiona E ^a,b   Kennedy, Donna L ^b   Carlisle, Katharine E ^b   Freidin, Andrew J ^a   Szydlo, Richard M ^c   Honeyfield, Lesley ^b   Satchithananda, Keshthra ^b,d   Vincent, Tonia L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Distal; Interphalangeal; Non pharmacological therapy; Osteoarthritis; Pain; Splint

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTAL INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; FEMALE; HAND MALFORMATION; HAND OSTEOARTHRITIS; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; NIGHT TIME THERMOPLASTIC SPLINTING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SPLINTING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DISTAL; INTERPHALANGEAL; NON-PHARMACOLOGICAL THERAPY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN; SPLINT;

AGED; FEMALE; FINGER JOINT; HAND DEFORMITIES, ACQUIRED; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SPLINTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84900818464     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/ket455     Document Type: Article

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