The effectiveness of a specially designed shoulder chair for closed reduction of acute shoulder dislocation in the emergency department
Completed
- Conditions
- Acute shoulder dislocationSigns and SymptomsDislocation, sprain and strain of joints and ligaments of shoulder girdle
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN49254586
- Lead Sponsor
- The Hong Kong College of Emergency Medicine (China)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 60
Inclusion Criteria
Sample criteria are non-exclusive to gender and ethnic background. The sample inclusion criteria consists of:
1. Aged greater than or equal to 18 years
2. Anterior or posterior shoulder dislocation without fracture of the surgical neck of humerus
3. Patient who is able to communicate and cooperate
4. Height 150 cm or above
Exclusion Criteria
1. Acute psychiatric disease
2. Inability to complete assessment of pain, e.g. dementia
3. Contraindications to any study medication
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method ength of patient stay in the ED, measured one and half years after the study commenced.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Length of the procedure<br>2. Successful reduction rate<br>3. Levels of pain experienced by patients in different time periods before and after the reduction<br><br>Measured one and half years after the study commenced.