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Risk Taking and Fracture Study

NCT01768598 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 319

Last updated 2017-05-23

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Boys suffer a disproportionately large number of fractures compared to girls (55-60%). This study aims to determine why this is the case by identifying risk factors for wrist fractures. The increase in fracture during childhood and adolescence may be associated with 1) risk-taking behaviour in boys, 2) obesity trends in boys during childhood and adolescence, and/or 3) impaired acquisition of bone strength during childhood and adolescence. Importantly from a knowledge translation perspective, modifiable factors such as behaviour, dietary habits or physical activity in boys may predict fracture.

The investigators will measure 400 children (100 girls and 100 boys who have sustained a fracture; 100 same age and sex friends) across 4 years of growth. This study will assess risk behaviours, diet, physical activity, motor proficiency (i.e., balance and coordination), fat and muscle mass and bone strength to determine if there are, 1) differences in whether all or some of these factors predict fractures in boys compared with girls and, 2) whether these factors track forward similarly in boys compared with girls as children advance through the growth spurt.

Conditions

  • Fracture

Interventions

OTHER

Fracture - Boys

Annual measurements of risk taking behaviour, body composition, bone microstructure, balance, diet, and physical activity over 4 years

OTHER

Fracture - Girls

Annual measurements of risk taking behaviour, body composition, bone microstructure, balance, diet, and physical activity over 4 years

OTHER

Non Fracture - Boys

Annual measurements of risk taking behaviour, body composition, bone microstructure, balance, diet, and physical activity over 4 years

OTHER

Non Fracture - Girls

Annual measurements of risk taking behaviour, body composition, bone microstructure, balance, diet, and physical activity over 4 years

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

    lead OTHER_GOV

Principal Investigators

  • Heather McKay, PhD · Centre for Hip Health and Mobility

Eligibility

Min Age
8 Years
Max Age
15 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-06-30
Primary Completion
2015-09-30
Completion
2015-09-30

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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