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Clinical Trials/ISRCTN70891354
ISRCTN70891354
Completed
Not Applicable

Clinical and cost effectiveness of different emergency department healthcare professionals in soft tissue management: a randomised trial

niversity of the West of England (UK)0 sites900 target enrollmentOctober 7, 2010

Overview

Phase
Not Applicable
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Acute peripheral musculoskeletal soft tissue injury
Sponsor
niversity of the West of England (UK)
Enrollment
900
Status
Completed
Last Updated
11 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
October 7, 2010
End Date
TBD
Last Updated
11 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Sex
All

Investigators

Sponsor
niversity of the West of England (UK)

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • 1\. Adults (17 years or older), male or female
  • 2\. Patients presenting to an ED with a peripheral soft tissue injury with no immediately apparent fracture and is eligible for management by any of the three professional groups
  • 2\. Patients who consent to the study
  • 3\. All three practitioners working concurrently when the patient is admitted to the emergency department, to enable randomisation
  • 5\. A traumatic injury
  • 6\. Soft tissue injury less than 72 hours old
  • 7\. Patients will be included if they have minor grazes or wounds that require no treatment

Exclusion Criteria

  • 1\. Systemic disease
  • 2\. Recent surgery
  • 3\. Previous ongoing injury to extremity
  • 4\. Intoxicated patients
  • 5\. Patients unable to give informed consent (e.g. dementia)
  • 6\. Open wounds/wounds (patient will be included if minor and insignificant)
  • 7\. Major deformities
  • 8\. Patients requiring opiate analgesia
  • 9\. Systemic disease (e.g. rheumatoid arthritis)
  • 10\. Healing fracture (less than 3 months)

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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