Clinical trial NCT01032356: Dynasplint for Distal Radius Fracture
Official title: Contracture Reduction Following Distal Radius Fracture Surgical Management
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: UNKNOWN
Phase: NA
Conditions: Distal Radius Fracture
Keywords: Distal Radius fracture
Lead sponsor: Dynasplint Systems, Inc.
Sponsor class: INDUSTRY
First posted: 2009-12-15
Enrollment: 50
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: The purpose of this study was to examine the efficacy of dynamic splinting as a therapeutic modality in reducing contracture following surgical treatment of distal radius fractures.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Distal radius fracture treated with surgical management and wrist flexion contracture upon follow up

Exclusion Criteria:

* Carpal Fractures (Scaphoid, Lunate, Hamate, and Trapezium)
* Radial nerve entrapment
* Arthrodesis
* Traumatic dislocation of the distal ulna

Primary outcomes:
measure: The dependent variable will be change in maximal, active range of motion in extension and the independent variables will include DASH scores and measurements taken from radiographic imaging
timeFrame: 12 weeks
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