Active clinical trials for "Radius Fractures"

Electroacupuncture improves pain and wrist functionality in patients undergoing rehabilitation therapy after distal radius fracture Distal radius fracture is extremely common, and it is about 10% of all fractures in the human body. Therefore, the distal radius is the most frequently fractured part of the upper limbs of the human body. Once the fracture occurs, internal fixation is the main surgical procedure. And, the postoperative goal is to restore the function of the forearm and the mobility of the wrist joint. Therefore, rehabilitation treatment is the key. However, postoperative patients often delay rehabilitation therapy due to pain, resulting in stiffer wrist joints. In recent years, electroacupuncture(EA) has been widely used to relieve pain after surgery, and many studies have confirmed that it is effective. And it is already an alternative to postoperative pain relief. The investigators hope that by electroacupuncture, the investigators can help patients reduce pain, increase joint mobility, and make patients willing to start rehabilitation therapy, reduce joint stiffness, and restore wrist function as soon as possible, which will help patients return to work and normal life early. Methods: It is expected that 30 patients will be randomly assigned to the following groups: electroacupuncture group, control group without EA. Two groups of subjects started to rehabilitation at the 4th week after surgery.

The occurrence of distal radius fractures is well known to be a sentinel event as these fractures are associated with 2 to 4 times increased risk of subsequent hip fractures in elderly patients. Studies have shown a significantly increased degree of postural sway in these patients, which is strongly associated with recurrent falls. The latest Cochrane systematic review also shows a lack of evidence on the effectiveness of current rehabilitation interventions. Low-magnitude high-frequency vibration (LMHFV) is a biophysical intervention that provides non-invasive, systemic mechanical stimulation and has been shown to improve muscle strength and balancing abilities in healthy, independent and active elderly women in our previous clinical study. Our animal studies have also shown LMHFV promoting myogenic proliferation and hypertrophy, muscle contractibility, and increased fast-fiber switching to muscle fiber type IIA.Previous rehabilitation studies have used clinical functional performance tests, which lack sensitivity and specificity in predicting impaired postural control. The Biodex Balance System SD consists of a dynamic balance platform interfaced with computer software, which offers objective and reliable tests for postural stability and fall risk. This study is a single-blinded, prospective randomized controlled trial to investigate the effect of 6 months of LMHFV after a distal radius fracture in elderly patients. Patients will be recruited and randomized to control or LMHFV group by envelope drawing of computer-generated random numbers. The intervention group will undergo LMHFV at 35Hz, 0.3g (peak to peak magnitude), displacement of <0.1mm, 20 min/day, at least 3 days/week for 6 months in community centres. Control group will remain in their habitual life style and no vibration used. Outcome assessments will be performed at baseline 0 days, 6 weeks, 3 months and 6 months. Outcome assessor and statistician will be blinded to group allocation. The primary outcome is the effect of LMHFV on postural stability. The Biodex Balance System SD is used to measure the static and dynamic ability of the subjects to maintain the center of balance. Secondary outcomes are the occurrence of fall for the patients in both groups, the health-related quality of life (SF-36), and Timed Up and Go test for basic mobility skills.

Osteoporosis is a bone disease that increases the risk of fractures. People aged 50-65 diagnosed with osteoporosis feel too young to have the disease. But this happens. They need to learn how to modify their lifestyle to minimize the chances of fractures. In this age group, a wrist fracture is usually the first sign of osteoporosis. Fracture risk increases if they are not taught to exercise, eat properly, and identifies fall risk factors early in their diagnosis. Some studies have looked at interventions for osteoporosis in women over the age of 65, but by this age they have likely already had a spine fracture. No studies have addressed the early-onset osteoporosis age group, intervening before spine fractures occur. I will develop an exercise, nutrition, and falls prevention education program to improve the strength, balance and knowledge of people aged 50-65 who had an osteoporotic wrist fracture. I will use this treatment approach and determine if it is more effective than the usual way of treating people with wrist fractures, determining if this is a better strategy for managing osteoporosis. I will have two groups of patients. First, those, over six weeks, receive twice weekly classes that include exercise and education. Here the focus is on bone health and fracture prevention. The control will receive usual physical therapy and the educational materials at the end of their study participation. The treatment will be randomly allocated to 74 men and women between the ages of 50-65 years of age who are 6-10 weeks post-fracture. The outcomes on both groups will be assessed and compared. I will focus on hand function, balance, fall hazard detection, and a bone health behaviour checklist. Using these outcomes, I can determine which treatment approach works best. Osteoporosis affects one in three women and one in five men, making this an important study to improve the lives for many Canadians. The risk of osteoporosis fractures increases with age, making early interventions critical.

A single-blinded randomized controlled trial is initiated. Four weeks of plaster cast immobilization is compared with six weeks of plaster cast immobilization in adult patients with adequately reduced distal radius fracture. Primary outcome parameters are functional outcomes measured with the Patient Rated Wrist Evaluation after 6 months of follow-up (FU). Secondary outcomes are Disability of Arm, Shoulder and Hand Score after 6 months and one year, 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey after 6 months and one year, functional outcome earlier in Follow up (6 weeks, 12 weeks, 6 months, and one year), range of motion, pain level, and complications: number of re-interventions, secondary displacement, delayed and non-union.

This will be a prospective randomized control trial with a blocking method to determine the effect of an occupational therapy focused pre-operative education on 3 pre-determined diagnosis: Carpometacarpal (CMC) Arthroplasty, Distal radius fracture requiring open reduction internal fixation (ORIF) and tendon repairs of the hand. Possible participants will be recruited through Cape Fear Orthopedics & Sports Medicine and receiving care from an orthopedic surgeon & hand specialist. Researchers hypothesize that those who receive the occupational therapy consult will demonstrate improved adherence with occupational therapy appointments, improved patient perceived function, and overall improved experiences with the pre-operative patient experience.

The purpose of this study is to confirm that minimally invasive closed reduction and internal fixation with fully threaded headless cannulated compression screws for distal radius fracture repair has advantages over conventional open reduction internal fixation with titanium plates, providing superior fragment stability and allowing for early rehabilitation exercise of the wrist joint, which improves recovery of function. Also to show that minimally invasive closed reduction and internal fixation with fully threaded headless cannulated compression screws is the more suitable surgical method for repair of distal radius fracture.

Distal radius (Colle's) fractures in adult patients are commonly reduced in the emergency department before casting. Standard of care currently requires that x-rays be performed before and after fracture reduction, and inadequate reductions may be subject to repeat attempts and are at a higher risk to require surgery. This study will assess the use of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) in addition to standard care as a tool to decrease the angulation at the fracture site after a reduction is performed. If this angulation is decreased, it would suggest that POCUS for distal radius fracture reduction could decrease the number of failed reduction attempts and therefore the number of repeated reduction attempts.

The overall purpose of this study is to establish the utility of early mobilization in improving patient satisfaction following plate and screw fixation of wrist fractures. Subjects will have objective range of motion data collected and subjective survey data collected at 2 weeks, 6 weeks, 3 months, and 1 year after being randomized either to an early mobilization group that receives a removable wrist splint or a late mobilization group that is placed in a splint for 2 weeks post-operatively. The investigators expect that early wrist mobilization following locking plate fixation of wrist fractures will lead to an increase in postoperative patient satisfaction without a significant increase in complications.

The primary aim of the study is to see if a single wrist injection (intra-articular) of dexamethasone at the time of treatment will reduce the incidence of early-onset of post traumatic osteoarthritis.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether ultrasonography guidance compare with the simple radiography aids in determining the adequacy of distal radius fracture reduction.