Active clinical trials for "Tendon Injuries"

A 6-week randomized clinical trial (RCT) with a 46-week follow-up compared the effect of Alfredson and Silbernagel eccentric programs for the treatment of AT. The primary outcome was a change in the Victorian Institute of Sport Assessment - Achilles (VISA-A) scale from baseline to 12 months. The study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Faculty of Physical Education and Sport, Charles University (Project number: 254/2021). All participants provided written informed consent before participation.

This current study will be designed to prove the therapeutic effect of mirror therapy on physical function of the hand after flexor tendon repair

Midportion Achilles tendinopathy (MAT) is a common overuse injury of the lower extremity characterized by the presence of pain, restricted function and interruption of sport activities. Conservative management of MAT has been suggested as the first line of treatment. Actually, there are several exercise programs with beneficial effects on pain and function among which high load training stands out. However, this training modality is inherently difficult to implement in certain populations and pathological conditions due to their inability to tolerate this mechanical stress. In this sense, low load training with blood flow restriction (BFR-LLT) emerges as an effective option in producing hypertrophic adaptations with low intensities (30% 1RM). However, this training modality has not yet been studied in tendon pathology. The aim of this study is to evaluate the potential clinical effects of BFR-LLT in comparison with HLT in patients with chronic MAT.

The aim of our study is to determine the effect of activity-based intervention on the activity, participation levels and kinesiophobia (fear of movement) of the patients by evaluating the person, environment and activity using the Person-Environment-Occupation model (PEO) in the rehabilitation of hand forearm flexor tendon injuries.

A 10-year follow up of a fusion of two earlier published randomized controlled trials. 203 patients with displaced distal radius fractures were randomized to surgery with a volar locking plate or external fixation.

The primary objective is to compare the two different rehabilitation protocols relative motion flexion and short splint regarding patients'satisfaction in patients with flexor tendon injuries in Zone I and II after 13 and 26 weeks post-surgery.

To analyze outcomes between patients with Z2FT injuries following repair, randomized to two groups. The first group will be the negative control, with no tendon wrap. The second group will have a VersaWrap Tendon Protector applied over the site of the tendon repair. VersaWrap is current SOC at UF.

The purpose of this study is to provide reliable evidence on how to best treat proximal hamstrings avulsions, and our primary aim is to compare the reported outcome of patients treated non-operatively with patients treated with suture anchor reattachment of the tendons using the Perth Hamstrings Assessment Tool (PHAT) at 24 months.

Wide-awake surgery with local anesthesia is a widely described approach to performing numerous minor hand procedures, such as tendon repairs and percutaneous fracture pinning, but is less frequently used for longer procedures such as open reduction internal fixation (ORIF). This is in part due to the need for a tourniquet for improved visualization, however pain-free tourniquet time with local anesthesia is roughly 20 minutes, shorter than the average time for ORIFs (Gillis), for example. While general anesthesia may still be avoided with more proximal blocks such as a brachial plexus or bier blocks, these still require presence of an anesthesiologist during the procedure, increasing human resource utilization and costs. Development of an anesthetic technique for hand surgery which could be performed by surgeons in a clinic setting, that still provides sufficiently long pain-free tourniquet times could decreases costs and wait times. The investigators hypothesize that the pain patients experience after 20 minutes of tourniquet application with local anesthetic infiltration is not due to direct pressure on the proximal arm, but rather distal digital ischemia pain. Previously, it has been shown that ultrasound-guided regional block of the median, radial, and ulnar nerves in the forearm is effective analgesia for awake hand surgery (Winter). Currently, there are no randomized studies investigating if forearm nerve blocks can prolong pain-free tourniquet time compared to local anesthesia infiltration, by blocking this ischemic pain in the distal arm. The investigators' objective is therefore to determine if forearm nerve blocks prolong pain-free tourniquet time compared to local anesthetic infiltration.

Wide-awake hand surgery with local anesthetic, no tourniquet and no sedation (WALANT) is increasingly utilized. Conventional anesthesia for hand surgery involves a patient with a block, unable to perform motor function in the arm, and with patient either intubated or sedated, unable to follow surgeon instructions intra-operatively. Flexor tendon repair with a wide awake and cooperative patient is routinely performed successfully at some centres. This method provides several potential benefits including being able to have the patient actively flex the digit and visualize the repair site to assess for any tendon gapping at the repair site, ensure adequate approximation, gliding and absence of triggering. There have not been any prospectively collected randomized controlled trials comparing wide awake vs. regional/general anesthesia in flexor tendon repair. The purpose of our study is to assess for differences in early outcomes including stiffness, patient satisfaction and early complications in wide-awake anesthesia when compared to general/regional anesthesia for flexor tendon repair in zones I and II. Our hypothesis is that there is a lower complication rate and better outcomes when using wide-awake flexor tendon repair.