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Brace Versus No Brace for the Treatment of Thoracolumbar Burst Fractures Without Neurologic Injury

NCT01741168 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 97

Last updated 2012-12-04

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Braces have been used o treat stable (not requiring surgery) burst fractures with much success. Recently questions have been raised in regards to the importance of the brace. Some studies have results that suggest a brace is not important in having a good outcome. However, this has never been proven. This study is being conducted to see whether or not wearing a brace is important to having a good outcome.

Conditions

  • Thoracolumbar Burst Fractures Without Neurologic Deficit

Interventions

OTHER

TLSO

Patients in the TLSO arm will remain on bed rest until fitted with a TLSO. They will wear the TLSO for 8-10 weeks and mobilized in the brace by a physiotherapist.

OTHER

No Orthosis

Patients in the No Orthosis group will be mobilized immediately as tolerated by a physiotherapist with restrictions to limit bending or rotating through their trunk. They will be encouraged to return to normal activities after 8 weeks.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The London Spine Centre

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
16 Years
Max Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2005-06-30
Primary Completion
2010-09-30
Completion
2011-09-30

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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