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Register: REBEC
Last refreshed on: 29 April 2013
Main ID:  RBR-6ybpz5
Date of registration: 13/07/2012
Primary sponsor: Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Parana- PUC- PR - Curitiba, PR, Brazil
Public title: Evaluation of Thermography in the Diagnosis of RSI in the wrist joint.
Scientific title: Evaluation of Thermography in the Diagnosis of RSI in the wrist joint.
Date of first enrolment: 09/09/2011
Target sample size: 33
Recruitment status: recruitment completed
URL:  http://www.ensaiosclinicos.gov.br/rg/RBR-6ybpz5/
Study type: 
Study design:  Transversal observational study  
Countries of recruitment
Brazil
Contacts
Name: Percy  Nohama
Address:  Rua Imaculada Conceição 1155 80215-901 Curitiba Brazil
Telephone: (41)3271-1657
Email: percy.nohama@gmail.com
Affiliation:  Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Parana- PUC- PR
Name: Percy  Nohama
Address:  Rua Imaculada Conçeição 1155 80215-901 Curitiba Brazil
Telephone: (41)3271-1657
Email: percy.nohama@gmail.com
Affiliation:  Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Parana- PUC- PR
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Individuals of both sexes
Adults aged at least 20 years
Individuals who performed the activity of typing during your workday
Pain complaints in the wrist joint, carpal and metacarpal
Pain intensity from grade

Exclusion criteria: Rheumatic diseases
In treating inflammatory diseases
In use of analgesic drugs and / or inflammatory
Age above 50 years


Age minimum: 20Y
Age maximum: 50Y
Gender: -
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Occupational repetitive strain injury.
C26.844.150
Intervention(s)
We evaluated 23 subjects who had pain in the wrist, carpal and metacarpal.
Initially between the months of August to November 2011, we performed a clinical assessment, which evaluated complaints of pain and limit movement. After were done on the same day to the affected limb ultrasonography and thermography of both hands.
Primary Outcome(s)
Assessment of pain and inflammation using thermography in individuals suffering from RSI / WMSD measured by average temperatures in the region of pain. It is expected that the mean highest temperature present at the site of pain.
Secondary Outcome(s)
Increase in the values of the mean difference, absolute and average temperature in the region with pain.
Secondary ID(s)
CAAE:0211.0.084.000-11
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná -UTFPR - Curitiba, PR, Brazil
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Parana- PUC- PR - Curitiba, PR, Brazil
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