Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT00281359
A Comparative Study of the Effectiveness of Treatment of Contractures With Mechanically Applied Stretch and Heat.
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 20 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic and District NHS Trust · Other Government
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 8 Years – 16 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
This study is looking at new ways to stretch knee contractures in children with cerebral palsy using a specially designed splint.
Detailed description
When using active orthoses to treat contractures, is the effectiveness of treatment improved by heating the contracted tissue prior to treatment?
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DEVICE | With heat | heat pad followed by dynamic splinting |
| DEVICE | No heat | No heat added to tissue prior to dynamic splinting |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2003-04-01
- Primary completion
- 2006-09-01
- Completion
- 2006-09-01
- First posted
- 2006-01-24
- Last updated
- 2014-11-05
Locations
1 site across 1 country: United Kingdom
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00281359. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.