This is a prospective randomized multicenterstudy focusing on PROMs after primary corticoid injection for triggerfinger with a comparison of two different injection techniques.
This study aims to compare two different methods of corticosteroid injections in patients with triggerfinger, and to study the effects of these injections by day-to-day self-assessment by the included study persons for four weeks. The patient assess: 1. Pain 2. Motion and 3. Triggering by VAS scale every day for four weeks.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
100
Injection of methyl prednisone and lidocaine in the tendon sheet at the level of the proximal phalanx
Injection of methyl prednisone and lidocaine in the tendon sheet volar to the MCP-joint
Alingsås Lasarett/ District Hospital
Alingsås, Sweden
Pain after injection
Visual analouge scale (VAS), range 0-10, where 0 indicates "no pain" and 10 "maximum pain"
Time frame: Four weeks
Impairment of finger motion
Visual analouge scale (VAS), range 0-10, where 0 indicates "no impairment" and 10 "maximum impairment"
Time frame: Four weeks
Triggering
Visual analouge scale (VAS), range 0-10, where 0 indicates "no trigger phenomenon" and 10 "Trigger phenomenon all the time/ locked finger"
Time frame: Four weeks
Quick-DASH
generic handquestionaire, 11 items, 0 means normal hand function, 100 most impaired function
Time frame: Four weeks
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