Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-24 @ 9:40 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 9:40 PM
NCT ID:
NCT02635932
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
* Patients with osteoarthritis in accordance with the American College of Rheumatology classification criteria (ACR); of both genders and age above 18 years; Pain in TMC articulation between 3 and 8 cm in numerical pain scale (END) 10cm
Exclusion Criteria:
* Patients with severe deformities in hand with trapeziometacarpal osteoarthritis not possible to achieve pincer movement between the first, second and third fingers
* Deformity of the distal interphalangeal joint (IFD) of the thumb
* Use of splint the thumb in the last six months; Have surgery scheduled on hand for the next six months
* Allergy to the material of the splint
* Inability to respond to the questionnaire and perform the tests
* Geographic inaccessibility
* Infiltration in hand in the previous 3 months
* Changes in the use of anti-inflammatory and analgesic past 3 months
* Physiotherapy in hand over the last 3 months
* Have the following related diseases: carpal tunnel syndrome, carpal fractures of DeQuervain syndrome, tendonitis, fibromyalgia and chronic inflammatory arthropathy.
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
18 Years
Study:
NCT02635932
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT02635932