Do dynamic splints reduce wrist stiffness following fracture?
Completed
- Conditions
- Wrist fractureStiffnessPhysical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Physiotherapy
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12608000309381
- Lead Sponsor
- Royal North Shore Hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 40
Inclusion Criteria
Have sustained a fracture to the wrist at least ten weeks prior to inclusion. The fracture must be healed (united) at the time of recruitment.
- Have been referred to physiotherapy by a consultant hand surgeon.
- Have a unilateral injury.
- Have wrist stiffness evident by loss of passive range of motion compared to the contralateral wrist.
- Be living in the Sydney Metropolitan Area.
- Be willing/likely to cooperate with the intervention.
- Be over the age of 18.
Exclusion Criteria
Subjects will be excluded from the study if they are unable to tolerate wearing a splint.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method