Functional Outcomes After Radial Head Fractures Treated Non-operatively
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Brief summary
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The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of physical therapy as part of the non-operative treatment of radial head fractures.There is currently no data to support the use of physical therapy in the non-operative treatment of radial head fractures. Likewise, there is no data that shows that physical therapy is harmful to patients being treated non-operatively for radial head fractures. Investigators believe that prescribing physical therapy for patients with non-displaced radial head fractures treated non-operatively is unnecessary, and that that it would be equally efficacious to teach patients simple stretching exercises that they could perform by themselves. Subjects will be randomized into 2 groups: Group 1 - Patients will be prescribed physical therapy within the first month following fracture; Group 2 - Patients will be given simple stretching exercises to perform at home and will not be given a prescription for physical therapy. Patients who agree to participate in this study and sign the informed consent will be randomly assigned to one of the two groups.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT03170128
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 51 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- Outpatient physical therapy in addition to standard follow-up visits Procedure
- Home exercises in addition to standard follow-up visits Behavioral
Procedure · Behavioral
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years to 99 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Aug 2, 2014
- Primary completion
- Jul 31, 2016
- Completion
- Jul 31, 2017
- Last update posted
- Aug 16, 2017
2014 – 2017
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York University School of Medicine | New York | New York | 10016 | — |
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