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The Osteoarthritis Thumb Therapy (OTTER) II Trial: a study protocol for a three-arm multi-centre randomised placebo controlled trial of the clinical effectiveness and efficacy and cost-effectiveness of splints for symptomatic thumb base osteoarthritis

INTRODUCTION: The economic cost of osteoarthritis (OA) is high. At least 4.4 million people have hand OA in the UK. Symptomatic thumb base OA affects 20% of people over 55 years, causing more pain, work and functional disability than OA elsewhere in the hand. Most evidence-based guidelines recommend...

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Autores principales: Adams, Jo, Barratt, Paula, Arden, Nigel K, Barbosa Bouças, Sofia, Bradley, Sarah, Doherty, Michael, Dutton, Susan, Dziedzic, Krysia, Gooberman-Hill, Rachael, Hislop Lennie, Kelly, Hutt Greenyer, Corinne, Jansen, Victoria, Luengo-Fernandez, Ramon, Meagher, Claire, White, Peter, Williams, Mark
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6830636/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31640992
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-028342