Corticosteroid injections effective for trigger finger in adults in general practice: a double-blinded randomised placebo controlled trial

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
C Peters-VeluthamaningalB Meyboom-de Jong

Abstract

To study efficacy and safety of corticosteroid injections for trigger finger (flexor tenosynovitis) in adults in general practice. Adult patients presenting with trigger finger were recruited by 21 participating general practitioners. In this randomised placebo controlled double-blinded trial, patients were injected locally with one or two injections of 1 ml triamcinolonacetonide (TCA) or 0.9% NaCl. Outcomes regarding immediate treatment response, severity of symptoms, functional disability, patient satisfaction and side effects were measured 1 week after intervention and during the 12 months thereafter. A total of 50 patients were included. Short-term outcomes for the TCA and NaCl group, respectively, were: proportion of patients with satisfactory immediate treatment response 16/25 and 5/25 (p<0.001), patients with reduction in the frequency of triggering 13/24 and 6/22 (p = 0.053), mean difference in severity of pain 4.2 and 0.9 (p<0.001), patients perceiving improvement 22/25 and 9/25 (p<0.001) and difference in Arthritis Impact Measurement Scale 2 (AIMS-2) score 4.02 and 0.06 (p = 0.001). Long-term effects could only be assessed by analysing the cohort of participants who received TCA (as allocated treatment or escape treat...Continue Reading

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