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Pulsed Electromagnetic Field (PEMF) Therapy in Thumb CMC Arthritis
Recruiting
I'm InterestedTrial ID: NCT05315297
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
Stanford Investigator(s)
Raymond Chou, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
- 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:
- 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
Intervention(s):
device: PEMF device
device: Sham PEMF device
Recruiting
I'm InterestedContact Information
Stanford University
School of Medicine
300 Pasteur Drive
Stanford,
CA
94305
Raymond Chou, MD
(650) 723-5256