Digital Media Based Physical Therapy Post Distal Radius Fracture

Distal Radius Fracture Clinical Trial

Official title:

Physical Therapy After Distal Radius Fracture; Traditional Versus Digital Media Based Therapy Protocol

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04194749
• Other study ID #: 11330
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: December 1, 2015
• Est. completion date: April 30, 2019

Study information

• Verified date: December 2019
• Source: Oregon Health and Science University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This trial aims to develop and test the efficacy of a digital media based physical therapy protocol on patients after surgical fixation and non-operative treatment of distal radius fractures.It is hypothesized that there will not be a difference in outcomes for patients after surgical fixation of distal radius fractures with traditional physical therapy and digital media based therapy

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 51
• Est. completion date: April 30, 2019
• Est. primary completion date: June 30, 2018
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients undergoing operative treatment for distal radius fractures.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Poly-trauma patients with significant previous diagnosis of dementia, previous traumatic brain injury, or other reason for significant altered mental status that would interfere with their participation in therapist directed or digital based therapy will be excluded.

• Patients who present to Oregon Health & Science University for physical therapy who will be treated by a physician at another non Oregon Health & Science University facility will be excluded.

• Patients who are not proficient in the English language will be excluded.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Distal Radius Fracture
• Fractures, Bone
• Radius Fractures

Intervention

Other:
• Digital Media Based Physical Therapy
This intervention is a modified post immobilization protocol. This will include giving the patients a USB drive loaded with a 12 week therapy protocol presented in digital form with videos and graphical representations of exercises to be done. They will also have access to the videos and multimedia on the Oregon Health & Science University website.
• Traditional Physical Therapy
This intervention is a 12 week therapist supervised clinic-based therapy protocol.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Oregon Health and Science University

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Abbreviated version of the Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand (QuickDASH)	Patient-Reported Outcome, Scale: 0 (no disability) - 100 (most severe disability)	12 weeks
Secondary	Abbreviated version of the Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand (QuickDASH)	Patient-Reported Outcome, Scale: 0 (no disability) - 100 (most severe disability)	6 weeks, 6 months
Secondary	Visual Analog Pain Scale	Patient-Reported Outcome, Scale: 0 (no pain) - 10 (most severe pain)	6 weeks, 12 weeks, and 6 months
Secondary	Veterans RAND 12-item Health Survey (VR-12)	Patient-Reported Outcome	6 weeks, 12 weeks, and 6 months
Secondary	Wrist Range of Motion	Wrist flexion, extension, pronation, supination, ulnar deviation, radial deviation	6 weeks, 12 weeks, and 6 months
Secondary	Hand Grip Strength	Strength measurement	6 weeks, 12 weeks, and 6 months
Secondary	Wrist Circumference	Anthropometric measurement	6 weeks, 12 weeks, and 6 months