Mobile Weight-Support Therapy (MWeST) for Mobility After Geriatric Fracture

Distal Femur Fracture Clinical Trial

— MWeST  

Official title:

Mobile Weight-Support Therapy (MWeST) for Mobility After Geriatric Fracture

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Withdrawn

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03864367
• Other study ID #: 201805050
• Status: Withdrawn
• Start date: January 28, 2019
• Est. completion date: January 5, 2021

Study information

• Verified date: January 2021
• Source: Washington University School of Medicine
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

This is a two-year study proposal to assess feasibility of MWeST (Mobile Weight-Support Therapy) implementation after geriatric fracture and its effects on functional and patient-reported outcomes. The goal of this study is to improve mobilization of geriatric lower extremity trauma patients, with the aim of improving overall functional and patient-reported outcomes while decreasing complications and readmissions. Almost 50% of the adult population in the United States has osteopenia or osteoporosis, with over 2 million fragility fractures per year and a projected $25 billion in costs by 2025. These patients are at high risk for readmission due to complications, and at increased risk of mortality with these complications. Sarcopenia, a generalized loss of skeletal muscle associated with aging, has also been associated with increased disability and increased risk of future fracture in these patients. The investigator's study aims to assess the value of weight-support therapy for geriatric patients with lower extremity trauma in improving their overall risk of future injury and disability.

Description:

The goal of this study is to improve mobilization of geriatric lower extremity trauma patients, with the aim of improving overall functional and patient-reported outcomes while decreasing complications and readmissions. Almost 50% of the adult population in the United States has osteopenia or osteoporosis, with over 2 million fragility fractures per year and a projected $25 billion in costs by 2025. These patients are at high risk for readmission due to complications, and at increased risk of mortality with these complications. Sarcopenia, a generalized loss of skeletal muscle associated with aging, has also been associated with increased disability and increased risk of future fracture in these patients. The investigator's study aims to assess the value of weight-support therapy for geriatric patients with lower extremity trauma in improving their overall risk of future injury and disability.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Withdrawn
• Enrollment: 0
• Est. completion date: January 5, 2021
• Est. primary completion date: January 2021
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 55 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• 55 and older
• distal femur fracture
• able to walk prior to fracture

Exclusion Criteria:

• patients unable to walk without any assistive devices post-injury
• patients too medically unstable to participate in physical therapy

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Distal Femur Fracture
• Femoral Fractures
• Fractures, Bone

Intervention

Device:
• Device - Prism Medical FGA-700 Bariatric Floor Lift
This group will be using a Mobile Weight-Support Therapy (MWeST) device (the Prism Medical FGA-700 Bariatric Floor Lift) to determine if it improves mobilization of older patients with traumas of their legs.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Washington University in St. Louis	Saint Louis	Missouri

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Washington University School of Medicine

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Walking with device	Determining if the Mobile Weight-Support device helps improve mobility after injury compared to walking without device.	1 year