{"id":233,"date":"2019-01-14T05:03:04","date_gmt":"2019-01-14T05:03:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/limb.dev.scorchedmedia.com.au\/research\/?p=233"},"modified":"2019-02-28T05:03:46","modified_gmt":"2019-02-28T05:03:46","slug":"randomized-controlled-trial-of-daily-total-end-range-time-tert-for-capener-splinting-of-the-stiff-proximal-interphalangeal-joint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.upperlimb.com\/research\/randomized-controlled-trial-of-daily-total-end-range-time-tert-for-capener-splinting-of-the-stiff-proximal-interphalangeal-joint\/","title":{"rendered":"Randomized controlled trial of daily Total End Range Time (TERT) for Capener splinting of the stiff proximal interphalangeal joint"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Glasgow C, Fleming J, Tooth LR, and Peters SE.<br \/>\n<strong>American Journal of Occupational Therapy 2012; 66(2):243-248.<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>DOI: 10.5014\/ajot.2012.002816<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Objective<\/span>: Capener splinting is a common treatment for extension deficit of the proximal interphalangeal (PIP) joint.This study compared the effect of daily splint total end range time (TERT) of 6\u201312 hr<br \/>\nversus 12\u201316 hr.<br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Method<\/span>: Twenty-two participants with extension deficits of the PIP joint were randomly allocated to a daily TERT of 6\u201312 hr or 12\u201316 hr. Progress after 8 wk of splinting was evaluated.<br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Results<\/span>: No significant difference was found in change in extension range of motion (ROM) between groups (active ROM, F [4, 17] 5 2.19, p 5 .13; passive ROM, F [4, 17] 5 0.95, p 5 .46; torque ROM, F [4, 17]51.49, p5.26). Considerable crossover between groups resulted in a similar average daily TERT (9.5 hr for the 6\u201312 hr group vs. 11.5 hr for the 12\u201316 hr group).<br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Conclusion<\/span>: Further research with a larger sample is needed to determine whether longer daily TERT is beneficial. Our results suggest, however, that most patients find it difficult to wear splints &gt;12 hr\/day.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.upperlimb.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Glasgow_Fleming_Tooth_Peters_2012.pdf\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Glasgow C, Fleming J, Tooth LR, and Peters SE. American Journal of Occupational Therapy 2012; 66(2):243-248. DOI: 10.5014\/ajot.2012.002816 Objective: Capener splinting is a common treatment for extension deficit of the proximal interphalangeal (PIP) joint.This study compared the effect of daily splint total end range time (TERT) of 6\u201312 hr versus 12\u201316 hr. Method: Twenty-two participants [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recent-publications"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upperlimb.com\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upperlimb.com\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upperlimb.com\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upperlimb.com\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upperlimb.com\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=233"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.upperlimb.com\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":236,"href":"http:\/\/www.upperlimb.com\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233\/revisions\/236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upperlimb.com\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upperlimb.com\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upperlimb.com\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}