Retrospective chart review suggests patients referred to therapy following digit and partial thumb amputations have decreased pain and improved function

Inclusion criteria 18 years of age or older, a diagnosis of a thumb or digit amputation, received occupational therapy services at a level I trauma center in the Southwestern United States and had pre- and -post-therapy scores in the medical records on the QuickDASH1 and or/visual analog (VAS)/numeric pain scales (NPS).2 Patient data, from 134 charts spanning a 3-year period between 2018 and 2021, were reviewed. Charts were identified using a broker in a health science center data warehouse to locate electronic medical records with ICD9/ICD10 codes corresponding to amputation.
Source: Journal of Hand Therapy - Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Tags: Technical Note Source Type: research