The Effectiveness of Cross-training on an Immobilised Forearm

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Forearm Fracture
• Interventions: Procedure: conventional exercise programm; Procedure: isokinetic strengthening exercise

• Registration Number: NCT06562218
• Lead Sponsor: Dilara Ekici Zincirci

Brief Summary

The cross-training phenomenon is the increase in muscle strength in the contralateral limb when one limb is exercised. Limited studies have shown that it prevents immobilisation-induced muscle weakness in healthy volunteers. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of strengthening the contralateral extremity on muscle strength and range of motion in the immobilised extremity in patients who had undergone immobilisation for forearm fractures.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2024-08-16
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-08-16
• Study First Posted: 2024-08-20
• Study Start: 2024-08-26
• Status Verified: 2024-11
• Primary Completion: 2025-03-30
• Study Completion: 2025-03-30
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-06-25
• Last Update Posted: 2025-06-26

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 42

Inclusion Criteria

• Traumatic unilateral forearm fracture (treated surgically or conservatively and immobilised in a cast)

Exclusion Criteria

• Previous upper limb surgery/joint disease - deformity affecting hand-wrist function
• Any neurological condition affecting the upper extremity (stroke, Parkinson's disease; multiple sclerosis, reflex sympathetic dystrophy, peripheral nerve injury)

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
control group	conventional exercise programm	group given conventional exercise to the fractured arm
cross training group	isokinetic strengthening exercise	Group whose healthy arm (unbroken side) is strengthened

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Wrist isometric flexion muscle strength	1 year	The isometric flexion strength of the fractured wrist will be measured using an isokinetic dynamometer at the first week after immobilisation has ceased.
Wrist isometric extansion muscle strength	1 year	The isometric extansion strength of the fractured wrist will be measured using an isokinetic dynamometer at the first week after immobilisation has ceased.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Prof. Dr. Cemil Taşçıoğlu City Hospital; 🇹🇷 Istanbul, Turkey