Study of Medical Ultrasound for Rhizarthrosis (SUR): study protocol for a randomized controlled single-center pilot-trial

Table 1 SPIRIT SUR study schedule

Visit	-1 Screening	0 Baseline Start intervention	1 End of intervention	2 Follow-Up	3 Follow-Up	4 Final follow-up visit
Week	−12 (max)	1	9	13	17	33
Informed consent	x
Demographics	x
Inclusion / exclusion criteria	x	x	x	x	x	x
Case history	x
Medication	x	x	x	x	x	x
DASH		x	x	x	x	x
SF-36		x	x	x	x	x
VAS pain		x	x	x	x	x
Key pinch force		x	x	x	x	x
Goniometry		x	x	x	x	x
MHT		x	x
TUS		x	x
MHT + TUS		x	x
Physical examination	x				x
AE / SAE query		x	x	x	x	x

AE adverse event, DASH Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder, and Hand, MHT multimodal hand therapy, SAE serious adverse event, SF-36 Short Form 36, SPIRIT Standard Protocol Items: Recommendations for Interventional Trials, SUR Study of Medical Ultrasound for Rhizarthrosis, TUS therapeutic ultrasound, VAS visual analogue scale

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