Buddy Taping Compared to Splint Immobilization for Displaced Paediatric Finger Fractures

Fracture Finger Clinical Trial

Official title:

Buddy Taping Compared to Splint Immobilizations for Reduced Paediatric Finger Fractures

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04068935
• Other study ID #: Buddy taping 2019
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: August 20, 2019
• Est. completion date: January 16, 2023

Study information

• Verified date: May 2023
• Source: University Children's Hospital, Zurich
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Fracture immobilization with Buddy taping is not inferior to Splint immobilization for non-displaced extra-articular paediatric finger fractures. However, whether the same applies for reduced finger fractures is unclear.

Description:

Displaced fractures will be reduced in the paediatric ED by Emergency physicians. After fracture reduction, fracture immobilization will either be done with a Splint immobilization or a fingertaping. After 4 and 21 days, clinical and radiographic controls will take place at the Hand surgery outpatient clinic.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 50
• Est. completion date: January 16, 2023
• Est. primary completion date: January 16, 2023
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 4 Years to 16 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• extraarticular displaced finger fractures of the proximal or middle phalanges

Exclusion Criteria:

• fractures of the thumb
• fractures that are open, instable, pathologic or multifragmented
• multiple fractures of the Hand
• phalangeal neck fractures
• presentation later than 5 days after the injury

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Fracture Finger
• Fractures, Bone

Intervention

Procedure:
• fracture immobilization after reduction of displaced finger fractures
After closed reduction of a displaced finger fracture, fracture immobilization with either Buddy taping or Splint immobilization

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Switzerland	University Children's Hospital Zurich	Zürich

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University Children's Hospital, Zurich

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Switzerland, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	secondary fracture displacement	X-ray controls	5 and 21 days after fracture reduction
Secondary	Patient comfort	visual analog scale (VAS): Smiley scale with a range from 1 to 10, 10 being the highest score possible, indicating that the Patient comfort was very high.	5 and 21 days after fracture reduction
Secondary	Need for analgesic medication	interview with Patient and parents	5 and 21 days after fracture reduction
Secondary	total range of Motion	measurement	6 month after fracture reduction