Pulsed Electromagnetic Field (PEMF) Therapy in Thumb CMC Arthritis

Trial ID or NCT#

NCT05315297

Status

not recruiting iconNOT RECRUITING

Purpose

Long-Term Objective: Determine if high-frequency PEMF therapy reduces pain in patients with thumb carpometacarpal (CMC) joint osteoarthritis (OA). Study Design and Methods: This will be a randomized controlled pilot study with 60 subjects with CMC OA randomly divided in two groups. Thirty subjects will receive high-frequency PEMF therapy overlying the CMC joint overnight daily for four weeks. The other 30 subjects will receive a sham PEMF therapy device applied to the same joint overnight daily for four weeks. Pain and function questionnaires will be obtained for all patients at enrollment, four weeks, and six weeks.

Official Title

Pulsed Electromagnetic Field (PEMF) Therapy in Thumb CMC Arthritis

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study: Older than 18 Years
Sexes Eligible for Study: ALL
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
Inclusion Criteria:
  1. * an existing diagnosis of CMC OA by a hand specialist based on clinically (tenderness to palpation at the CMC joint and/or positive CMC grind test) and/or radiographically identified CMC OA* reported pain intensity during activities of daily living less than 7 on the Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NPRS)
Exclusion Criteria:
  1. * pregnant* unable to consent* with current infection in hand or upper extremity* have had prior fracture, significant hand injury, tenosynovitis, complex regional pain syndrome, and/or Dupuytren's disease affecting the thumb* history of surgical or procedural intervention for CMC OA in the hand of study interest* do not speak English* have hand or wrist implants* have heart or brain implants
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Investigator(s)

Raymond Chou, MD
Raymond Chou, MD
Physiatrist
Clinical Assistant Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery

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Contact

Raymond Chou, MD
(650) 723-5256

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