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Treatment interventions for hand fractures and joint injuries: a scoping review of randomized controlled trials

The aim of this study was to identify and assess all existing randomized studies on treatment interventions for hand fractures and joint injuries, to inform practice and plan future research. PubMed, Cochrane CENTRAL, MEDLINE and Embase were searched. We identified 78 randomized controlled trials pu...

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Autores principales: Mousoulis, Christos, Thomas, Kim, Leighton, Paul, Deshmukh, Sandeep, Grindlay, Douglas, Karantana, Alexia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6974775/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31382799
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1753193419865897
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author Mousoulis, Christos
Thomas, Kim
Leighton, Paul
Deshmukh, Sandeep
Grindlay, Douglas
Karantana, Alexia
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description The aim of this study was to identify and assess all existing randomized studies on treatment interventions for hand fractures and joint injuries, to inform practice and plan future research. PubMed, Cochrane CENTRAL, MEDLINE and Embase were searched. We identified 78 randomized controlled trials published over 35 years, covering seven anatomical areas of the hand. We report on sources of bias, sample size, follow-up length and retention, outcome measures and reporting. In terms of interventions studied, the trials were extremely heterogeneous, so it is difficult to draw conclusions on individual treatments. The published randomized controlled clinical trial evidence for hand fractures and joint injuries is narrow in scope and of generally low methodological quality. Mapping provides a useful resource and stepping-stone for planning further research. There is a need for high-quality, collaborative research to guide management of a wider range of common hand injuries.
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spelling pubmed-69747752020-02-07 Treatment interventions for hand fractures and joint injuries: a scoping review of randomized controlled trials Mousoulis, Christos Thomas, Kim Leighton, Paul Deshmukh, Sandeep Grindlay, Douglas Karantana, Alexia J Hand Surg Eur Vol Review Article The aim of this study was to identify and assess all existing randomized studies on treatment interventions for hand fractures and joint injuries, to inform practice and plan future research. PubMed, Cochrane CENTRAL, MEDLINE and Embase were searched. We identified 78 randomized controlled trials published over 35 years, covering seven anatomical areas of the hand. We report on sources of bias, sample size, follow-up length and retention, outcome measures and reporting. In terms of interventions studied, the trials were extremely heterogeneous, so it is difficult to draw conclusions on individual treatments. The published randomized controlled clinical trial evidence for hand fractures and joint injuries is narrow in scope and of generally low methodological quality. Mapping provides a useful resource and stepping-stone for planning further research. There is a need for high-quality, collaborative research to guide management of a wider range of common hand injuries. SAGE Publications 2019-08-05 2020-02 /pmc/articles/PMC6974775/ /pubmed/31382799 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1753193419865897 Text en © The Author(s) 2019 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
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