Effectiveness of Occupation-Based Exercise Program in Zone 2 Flexor Tendon Injuries

Launched by BERAT GÜNGÖR · Jun 23, 2025

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ClinConnect Summary

This clinical trial is studying how adding a special 4-week exercise program, focused on everyday hand activities, can help people recover after surgery for a specific type of hand tendon injury called a “zone 2 flexor tendon laceration.” These tendons help you bend your fingers, and injuries here can make it hard to use your hand. The study aims to see if this extra exercise program can improve hand movement, strength, reduce pain, and help patients feel more confident about moving their hand during recovery.

People between 18 and 65 years old who have had surgery to repair one or more tendons in this part of the hand may be eligible. To join, participants should have no serious nerve or bone injuries in the hand and need to be able to follow simple instructions. During the study, participants will do the usual rehabilitation exercises plus the occupation-based program, which focuses on practical hand use. The goal is to make recovery easier, reduce the chance of problems, keep patients motivated, and improve how well their hand works after surgery. The trial is not yet recruiting, but it hopes to show that including these specific exercises can make a real difference in healing.

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Between the ages of 18-65
• • Flexor zone 2 injury
• • At least 1 flexor digitorum superfisialis or flexor digitorum profundus tendon repair
• • No visual and hearing impairment
• • Have the cognitive function to coordinate and carry out simple commands
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Concomitant flexor pollicis longus tendon injury
• • Concomitant extensor tendon injury
• • Accompanying fracture
• • Associated median/ulnar/radial nerve injury
• • Less than 50% partial flexor tendon injury
• • Cognitive impairment resulting in an inability to understand and carry out simple commands
• • Not being able to comply with the rehabilitation protocol to be applied after surgery