NCT04089709

Well-arm Exercise in Distal Radius Fractures

• Status: Terminated
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 10 (actual)
• Sponsor: Henry Ford Health System · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

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

Conditions

• Distal Radius Fracture

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Well-arm Exercise	Patients randomized to the treatment arm will perform these exercises on the contralateral arm once daily for 3 months: wrist flexion and extension, ball or sock squeeze, wrist curls and biceps curls. Participants allocated to this study arm will be provided a print out of the exercises with detailed explanations and pictures of each exercise.

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-11-30
• Primary completion: 2020-03-20
• Completion: 2020-03-20
• First posted: 2019-09-13
• Last updated: 2022-07-25

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States