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Buddy Tape vs. Splint for Metacarpal Shaft Fracture Recovery

NCT06734364 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 96

Last updated 2025-12-23

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to see if buddy tape can treat shaft fracture of hand long fingers as well as splint.

The main question it aims to answer is: Two months after the fracture, are the hand activities as good with buddy taping as with splint? Researchers will compare buddy tape group to splint group to see if the strength of the arm is not lower with buddy tape.

Participants will attend 4 visits after receiving either buddy tape or splint, to control their hand strength and the correct healing of their franture.

Conditions

  • Non-thumb Metacarpal Shaft Fracture

Interventions

DEVICE

buddy tape

Buddy-taping a finger dynamically splints one finger to an adjacent, uninjured finger.

DEVICE

splint

Short arm splint immobilize and maintain stability of the injured finger, the hand is immobilized in the intrinsic plus position with syndactyly of the injured finger and adjacent finger

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Centre Hospitalier Sud Francilien

    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
2025-11-05
Primary Completion
2027-02-05
Completion
2027-02-05

Countries

  • France

Study Locations

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