Young Goalkeeper's Fracture: Radiographic Findings

Radius Fractures Clinical Trial

— Goalkeeper  

Official title:

Young Goalkeeper's Fracture: Radiographic Findings, Risk Factors and Prevention Measures

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02840188
• Other study ID #: KEK-BE: 2016-00670
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: July 19, 2016
• Last updated: September 13, 2017
• Start date: July 2016
• Est. completion date: September 13, 2017

Study information

• Verified date: September 2017
• Source: University Hospital Inselspital, Berne
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The aim of this project is to evaluate retrospectively goalkeeper's fractures in children using the children fracture classification and to evaluate the distal radius tilt angle of the growth plate on plain radiographs of the forearm.

Patients positive for goalkeeper's fracture will prospectively answer a questionnaire concerning risk factors and circumstances during the injury.

Description:

Distal forearm or radius fractures in young goalkeepers have been named "the young goalkeeper's fracture" in the literature. While catching the soccer ball the child suffers a distal forearm fracture due to axial forces to the immature bone of the child. These goalkeeper's fractures on radiographs may be subtle or difficult to discriminate from normal radiographs.

Retrospective study for the evaluation of radiographs of the forearm from 2005 - 2016 of children with history of catching a ball. Two radiologist are blinded for history, age, name and findings on final reports.

First reading without measurement of distal tilt angle, second reading with measurement of distal tilt angle and after consensus meeting.

Questionnaire: prospectively all patients with goalkeeper's fracture will answer a questionnaire concerning circumstances and risks during the accident.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 179
• Est. completion date: September 13, 2017
• Est. primary completion date: September 13, 2017
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 1 Year to 16 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Children 1-16 years of age with distal radius fracture and the clinical history:

"child catches a ball", between 1/2005 - 7/2016.

• Control group (1-16 years) with normal distal radius and no history to catch a ball and no fracture.

Evaluation of the normal distal tilt angle of the radius.

Exclusion Criteria:

• pathological fractures

• other history of trauma than to catch a ball

• patients older than 16 years

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Fractures, Bone
• Radius Fractures

Intervention

Other:
• Radius tilt angle
Fracture classification in children. Tilt angle measurement of the distal radius growth plate.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Switzerland	University Hospital Berne, Inselspital	Berne

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University Hospital Inselspital, Berne

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Switzerland, 

References & Publications (2)

Boyd KT, Brownson P, Hunter JB. Distal radial fractures in young goalkeepers: a case for an appropriately sized soccer ball. Br J Sports Med. 2001 Dec;35(6):409-11. — View Citation

Kraus R, Szalay G, Meyer C, Kilian O, Schnettler R. [Distal radius fracture - a goalkeepers' injury in children and adolescents]. Sportverletz Sportschaden. 2007 Dec;21(4):177-9. German. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Tilt angle of distal radius growth plate in goalkeeper's fracture	Dorsal angulation of distal radius growth plate in goalkeeper's fracture	2005- 2016
Secondary	Risk factors for goalkeeper's fracture	Questionnaire for circumstances and risks for goalkeeper's fracture	2005-2016