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Cast Versus Splint in Children With Acceptably Angulated Wrist Fractures

NCT00610220 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE4 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 96

Last updated 2017-10-09

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The study will compare the effectiveness of a prefabricated wrist splint with thermoplast reinforcements versus a short arm cast in skeletally immature children.

The hypothesis is that the commercially available wrist splint is at least as effective as traditional casting with respect to recovery of physical function.

Conditions

  • Distal Radius Fractures

Interventions

DEVICE

Fiberglass short arm cast

Cast will be applied for a 4-week period

DEVICE

Prefabricated wrist splint

Splint will be applied for a 4-week period

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The Hospital for Sick Children

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Kathy Boutis, MD · The Hospital for Sick Children

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
5 Years
Max Age
12 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-01-31
Primary Completion
2009-07-31
Completion
2009-10-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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