Hand & Finger Pain
A Retrospective Observational Study on Hackett-Hemwall Dextrose Prolotherapy for Unresolved Hand and Finger Pain at an Outpatient Charity Clinic in Rural Illinois
Hauser R, Baird N, Cukla J. A retrospective observational study on Hackett-Hemwall dextrose prolotherapy for unresolved hand and finger pain at an outpatient charity clinic in rural Illinois. Journal of Prolotherapy. 2010;2(4):480-486.
Abstract
Hand and finger pain and stiffness are common problems that can affect the productivity of those afflicted, especially in regard to their activities of daily living. Prolotherapy is an injection treatment used to initiate a healing response in injured connective tissues such as tendons and ligaments, tissues commonly involved with hand and finger injuries. A retrospective observational study on Prolotherapy for hand and finger pain was done at an outpatient charity clinic.
Objective: To investigate the outcomes of patients undergoing Hackett-Hemwall dextrose Prolotherapy treatment for unresolved hand and finger pain.
Design: Forty patients, who had been in pain an average of 55 months (4.6 years), were treated quarterly with Hackett-Hemwall dextrose Prolotherapy. Patients were contacted an average of 18 months following their last Prolotherapy session and asked questions regarding their levels of pain and stiffness before and after their last Prolotherapy treatment.
Results: In these 40 patients, 98% had improvements in their pain. Eighty-two percent had 50% or more pain relief. Dextrose Prolotherapy caused a statistically significant decline in patients’ pain and stiffness. Prolotherapy helped all but one patient on pain medications reduce the amount of medications taken. All 40 patients have recommended Prolotherapy to someone.
Conclusion: In this retrospective observational study, Hackett- Hemwall dextrose Prolotherapy treatments helped reduce the pain and stiffness in patients with unresolved hand and finger pain.
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