Digital Media Based Physical Therapy Post Distal Radius Fracture

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Distal Radius Fracture
• Interventions: Other: Traditional Physical Therapy; Other: Digital Media Based Physical Therapy

• Registration Number: NCT04194749
• Lead Sponsor: Oregon Health and Science University

Brief Summary

This trial aims to develop and test the efficacy of a digital media based physical therapy protocol on patients after surgical fixation and non-operative treatment of distal radius fractures.It is hypothesized that there will not be a difference in outcomes for patients after surgical fixation of distal radius fractures with traditional physical therapy and digital media based therapy

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2015-12-01
• Primary Completion: 2018-06-30
• Study Completion: 2019-04-30
• Status Verified: 2019-12
• Study First Submitted: 2019-12-02
• Study First Submitted QC: 2019-12-09
• Last Update Submitted: 2019-12-09
• Study First Posted: 2019-12-11
• Last Update Posted: 2019-12-11

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 51

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients undergoing operative treatment for distal radius fractures.

Exclusion Criteria

• Poly-trauma patients with significant previous diagnosis of dementia, previous traumatic brain injury, or other reason for significant altered mental status that would interfere with their participation in therapist directed or digital based therapy will be excluded.
• Patients who present to Oregon Health & Science University for physical therapy who will be treated by a physician at another non Oregon Health & Science University facility will be excluded.
• Patients who are not proficient in the English language will be excluded.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Traditional Therapy	Traditional Physical Therapy	The traditional group will have clinic-based physical therapy protocol.
Digital Media Therapy	Digital Media Based Physical Therapy	The digital media based group will receive a modified post immobilization protocol. This will include giving the patients a Universal Serial Bus (USB) drive loaded with a 12 week physical therapy protocol presented in digital form with videos and graphical representations of exercises to be done. They will also have access to the videos and multimedia on the Oregon Health \& Science University website.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Abbreviated version of the Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand (QuickDASH)	12 weeks	Patient-Reported Outcome, Scale: 0 (no disability) - 100 (most severe disability)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Visual Analog Pain Scale	6 weeks, 12 weeks, and 6 months	Patient-Reported Outcome, Scale: 0 (no pain) - 10 (most severe pain)
Wrist Circumference	6 weeks, 12 weeks, and 6 months	Anthropometric measurement
Abbreviated version of the Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand (QuickDASH)	6 weeks, 6 months	Patient-Reported Outcome, Scale: 0 (no disability) - 100 (most severe disability)
Hand Grip Strength	6 weeks, 12 weeks, and 6 months	Strength measurement
Veterans RAND 12-item Health Survey (VR-12)	6 weeks, 12 weeks, and 6 months	Patient-Reported Outcome
Wrist Range of Motion	6 weeks, 12 weeks, and 6 months	Wrist flexion, extension, pronation, supination, ulnar deviation, radial deviation