Wrist Injury Strengthening Exercise (WISE) Versus Usual Care Advice for Improving Pain and Function

Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to find out whether a therapist-guided exercise program helps people aged 50 and older recover better, in terms of pain and function, after a wrist fracture, compared to the usual care advice they would normally receive. The main question it aims to answer is:

• Will participants who receive a therapist-supervised exercise program have better improvement in pain and function, as measured by the Patient Rated Wrist Evaluation questionnaire, six months after their injury?

Researchers will compare these participants with those who receive usual care, which includes advice on self-management, to see if the supervised exercise program leads to greater recovery.

Participants will:

* Either receive supervised exercise, with a therapy session of up to 60 minutes and two additional sessions of up to 30 minutes each in addition to usual-care, or they will receive solely usual-care, consisting of advice on self-management.
* Complete questionnaires electronically at baseline, 3-months, and 6-months.

Conditions

• Distal Radius Fracture
• Colles Fracture
• Wrist Fracture
• Wrist Fractures
• Fracture Arm

Interventions

OTHER

Supervised Exercise

Verbal advice, a leaflet, and instruction in a strength training program delivered by an occupational or physical therapist at the hospital or virtually. This is followed by two additional sessions with a therapist in the municipality, focusing on progression in the exercise program. Participants will receive written instructions (a Supervised Exercise workbook) along with a personal login to access a patient information video. The exercise program is a highly structured system of hand and upper limb exercises. The program will enable participants to progress their exercises after the initial set-up session with the therapist. The program will utilize a range of resistance exercises based upon functional movements designed to promote recovery of the strength required for activities of daily living (e.g., chopping, lifting, pushing, jar opening).

OTHER

Usual Care

Verbal advice and a leaflet provided at the hospital. Advice will include hand and wrist mobilization exercises to restore flexibility and guidance on building up activity gradually. Participants receiving solely usual care will not be provided with access to the intervention materials (the Supervised Exercise workbook).

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Aarhus University Hospital Skejby

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Aarhus

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Inger Mechlenburg, DMSc · Aarhus University Hospital

• Jan D. Rölfing, MD. · Aarhus University Hospital

• Per H. Gundtoft, MD. · Aarhus University Hospital

• Andreas Bentzen, MHSc · Aarhus University Hospital

• David J. Keene, PhD · University of Oxford

• Matthew Costa, MD, PhD · University of Oxford

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

50 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2026-05-12

Primary Completion

2029-12-31

Completion

2029-12-31

Countries

• Denmark

Study Locations