Well-arm Exercise in Distal Radius Fractures

Not Applicable

Terminated

• Conditions: Distal Radius Fracture
• Interventions: Behavioral: Well-arm Exercise

• Registration Number: NCT04089709
• Lead Sponsor: Henry Ford Health System

Brief Summary

A single center randomized control study. Patients \>18 years with isolated distal radius fractures treated non-operatively will be randomly assigned to either the treatment group (exercise of contralateral "well" arm) or control group (standard fracture care and rehabilitation).

Detailed Description

Distal radius fractures are common injuries, especially in the aging population. Fracture healing requires immobilization of the injury, which inevitably leads to muscle atrophy and joint stiffness. This strength lost during immobilization can be problematic in patients who are already de-conditioned at baseline. Previous research using healthy participants found that exercising a non-immobilized, "well", arm helped attenuate muscle atrophy in the contralateral immobilized arm. The study aims to answer the following questions: Does exercise of the contralateral arm prevent muscle atrophy and weakness of the injured arm? Does exercise of the contralateral arm improve pain scores in the injured arm

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2019-09-12
• Study First Submitted QC: 2019-09-12
• Study First Posted: 2019-09-13
• Study Start: 2019-11-30
• Primary Completion: 2020-03-20
• Study Completion: 2020-03-20
• Status Verified: 2022-07
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-07-20
• Last Update Posted: 2022-07-25

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: TERMINATED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 10

Inclusion Criteria

• Adults >18 years with an isolated distal radius fracture treated non-operatively

Exclusion Criteria

• Operative treatment, additional injures, previous injury to same arm, neuropathy or neuromuscular disease, dementia

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Study arm	Well-arm Exercise	Patients randomized to this group will be provided exercises to perform with the uninjured arm once daily for 3 months.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Grip strength	3 months	Grip strength will be measured using a dynamometer at all clinic visits.
Forearm Circumference	3 months	Forearm circumference will be measured at the widest point of the forearm, approximately 2cm distal to the elbow. This measurement will be taken at all clinic visits.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Pain scores of injured arm.	3 months	A visual analog scale (VAS) score will be collected at the first and all subsequent clinic visits.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Henry Ford Hospital; 🇺🇸 Detroit, Michigan, United States