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Comparing Short-term Function and Pain After No Treatment or Splinting for Boxer's Fracture

NCT02547181 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2016-10-24

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This Study is being done because the investigators would like to know if pain and hand function after having a boxer's fracture differs between being treated with supportive splinting or without splinting, but with behavioral modifications.

Conditions

  • Metacarpal Fractures

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Behavioral Modification

Patient will be provided with tensor bandage and instructed on specific behaviors to prevent movement of the injured part of the hand.

BEHAVIORAL

Splint

fibreglass splint

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-09-30
Primary Completion
2017-10-31
Completion
2018-01-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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