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Effectiveness of a Home-based, Self-administered Exercise Program for Hands in Patients With Systemic Sclerosis: a Randomized Controlled, Single-blind, Clinical Trial
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Home-based Hand exercise and Care advice for Systemic Sclerosis and 3 related conditions. Completed, enrolled 50 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a heterogeneous autoimmune disease characterized by fibrosis of the skin and internal organs. Hand involvement is one of the most observed musculoskeletal involvements in patients with SSc, which can impact on general health, quality of life, and psychological status. Hand exercise programs can help patients to improve not only hand function but also general health status; nevertheless, further randomized control trials (RCTs) are needed to clarify its effect. Hence, the investigators aimed to investigate the effectiveness of home-based, self-administered exercise program for hands in patients with SSc and demonstrate the improvements in general health status.
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
Isometric exercise; patients squeezed a hand exercise ball for 60 seconds. This exercise repeated 15-times/3 set per day. Stretching exercises; self-administered stretching exercises were as follows; i) forearm supination and pronation, ii) wrist flexion and extension, iii) finger flexion, extension, and abduction iv) thumb flexion, extension, and abduction. These exercises repeated 10-times/2 set per day.
Patients received care advice including avoiding cold exposure and trauma.