The Effect of Proprioception Training on Pain Intensity in Thumb Basal Joint Osteoarthritis: A Randomized Controlled Trial

• Published in: International journal of environmental research and public health Vol. 19; no. 6; p. 3592
• Main Authors: Cantero-Téllez, Raquel, Pérez-Cruzado, David, Villafañe, Jorge Hugo, García-Orza, Santiago, Naughton, Nancy, Valdes, Kristin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 17.03.2022; MDPI
• Subjects: Activities of Daily Living; Adolescent; Adult; Arthritis; Biomedical materials; Canada; Carpometacarpal Joints; Data collection; Female; Fingers & toes; Humans; Informed consent; Intervention; Osteoarthritis; Osteoarthritis - diagnosis; Pain; Pain Measurement; Patients; Proprioception; Randomization; Rehabilitation; Sensorimotor performance; Sensorimotor system; Statistical analysis; Therapists; Thumb; Time factors; Treatment Outcome; Canada; carpometacarpal joint; joint position sense; proprioception; thumb osteoarthritis; thumb pain

A randomized controlled trial of forty-five females over 18 years of age with diagnosis of thumb basal osteoarthritis in their dominant hand and with a minimum pain rating of 4/10 on the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) during activities of daily living (ADLs) were recruited from March to June 2021. The...