NCT06562218

The Effectiveness of Cross-training on an Immobilised Forearm

The Effectiveness of Cross-training on an Immobilised Forearm Due to Fracture

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 42 (actual)
• Sponsor: Dilara Ekici Zincirci · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

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.

Conditions

• Forearm Fracture

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	isokinetic strengthening exercise	Participants' isokinetic strength measurements will be assessed using the Cybex II Humac Norm isokinetic dynamometer. A strengthening programme will be performed for a total of 12 sessions, 3 days a week for 4 weeks, at 20 degrees of flexion, 20 degrees of extension, 60-90 and 180 degrees/s speed. At the beginning and end of the 12th session, isokinetic and isometric muscle performance tests will be performed on the healthy wrist, and isometric wrist flexor and extensor strength measurements will be performed in neutral position 1 week after removal of the cast on the fractured wrist.
PROCEDURE	conventional exercise programm	The immobilised limb was given finger grip exercises.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-08-26
• Primary completion: 2025-03-30
• Completion: 2025-03-30
• First posted: 2024-08-20
• Last updated: 2025-06-26

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)