Clavicular Shortening Post-fracture - Does it Change? - a Prospective Study of 70 Patients

• Conditions: Stability of Clavicular Fractures Within the First 3 Weeks
• Interventions: Device: Ultrasound

• Registration Number: NCT02089282
• Lead Sponsor: Holbaek Sygehus

Brief Summary

In an attempt to answer if clavicular length changes after a fracture e.g. that any shortening becomes worse or better, 70 patients will be followed 3 times over 21 days using a novel ultrasound method.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2014-03
• Study Start: 2014-03
• Study First Submitted: 2014-03-14
• Study First Submitted QC: 2014-03-14
• Last Update Submitted: 2014-03-14
• Study First Posted: 2014-03-17
• Last Update Posted: 2014-03-17
• Primary Completion: 2014-08

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 70

Inclusion Criteria

All patients who sustain a displaced medial, mid and lateral clavicle fracture from March 2014 to August 2015 referred from Slagelse and Holbæk emergency departments are eligible. The last patients are seen end of mid-July 2015 given the 21 days of follow up.

Exclusion Criteria

Patients that have bilateral clavicle fractures and/or prior operations involving the clavicle are excluded. Malignant diagnoses are excluded.

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Clavicle fractures	Ultrasound	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in clavicular length	3 weeks	The dynamic testing of clavicular length and when or which fracures that are stabile.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Oxford shoulder score	21 days

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Holbæk sygehus; 🇩🇰 Holbæk, Vest-sjælland, Denmark