Position Sense, Force Control and Pain Intensity in Basal Thumb Osteoarthritis

Pain, Chronic Clinical Trial

Official title: Interaction Between Position Sense, Force Control and Pain Intensity in Basal Thumb Osteoarthritis. A Cross-sectional Study.

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

In practice, a single test is used to quantify thumb proprioception. Previous studies have found a decrease in joint position sense (JPS) and force sense (FS) in patients diagnosis of thumb carpometacarpal osteoarthritis, but no correlation have been stabilize between JPS, FS and pain intensity perceived by the patient during activity daily life (ADL).

The goal of the study is compared joint position error (JPE) with joint force sense error (JFSE) in subjects with carpometacarpal (CMC) joint osteoarthritis and investigated a possible correlation between thumb pain intensity and thumb proprioception in patients with CMC joint OA.

Clinical Trial Description

Forty-five subjects over 18 with thumb CMC joint OA in the dominant hand grade 1-3 according o the Eaton Classification Stage will be evaluated for thumb active joint position sense (JPS) test and Force sense test to measure proprioception function. For measurement of JPS, the subjects will blindfolded and repositioned their thumb to a target position, which will be determined by the examiner previously. For force sense, participants will should reproduce pinch force measure with dynamometer. The severity of pain with activity will be measured according to the visual analog scale (VAS). ;

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Chronic Pain
• Osteoarthritis
• Pain
• Pain, Chronic
• Proprioceptive Disorders
• Somatosensory Disorders
• Thumb Osteoarthritis

• NCT number: NCT04819139
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: University of Malaga
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: April 1, 2021
• Completion date: June 1, 2021