Integrated Rehabilitation Program for Fractures

• Sponsor: Changhua Christian Hospital (Other)
• Overall Status: Completed
• CT.gov ID: NCT01817933
• Collaborator: (none)
• Arm: 1
• Duration (Months): 12

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

The recovery of range of motion and muscle power after surgical intervention of the fracture will mostly affect patient's daily activities. So postoperative rehabilitation program will play the important role. Correct and effective physical therapy will reduce the functional impairment of limbs after long term casting or surgical fixation, and accelerate to recover the independent daily activities. There is no consensus between immediate or delay and the duration of continue physical therapy will improve the shoulder function、muscle power and degree of satisfaction( physiological function、social function、mental health、 pain、 general health status ) after surgical fixation of fractures. This study will evaluate the patients of the fracture that including of the humeral neck fracture, vertebral fracture, distal radial fracture and hip fractures after surgical fixation, to see the difference of fracture healing time, function recovery and pain sensation after intervention of physical therapy at different time point.

From this study, we hope to discriminate the timing of intervention and duration of physical therapy which is the key factors for postoperative prognosis of fractures fixation, and to set up the perfect rehabilitation program in ChangHua Christian Hospital. The results of this study will improve the discomfort of fracture patient's recovery or reduce the complications rate, and set up the standard treatment policy of our hospital , also was the model of other hospitals.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Humeral Neck Fracture; Vertebral Fracture; Distal Radial Fracture; Hip Fractures	Behavioral: physical therapy	N/A

Study Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Allocation: N/A
• Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)
• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Study Start Date: Jul 1, 2010
• Actual Primary Completion Date: Jan 1, 2011
• Actual Study Completion Date: Jul 1, 2011

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Experimental: Physical therapy	Behavioral: physical therapy

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

1. Change in pain degree [1 month after surgical fixation]

   use Visual Analog Scale (VAS) to measure the pain condition after surgical fixation and 1 month

Secondary Outcome Measures

1. Change in range of motion at the fracture area [1 month after surgical fixation]

   to access the range of motion in the elbow, wrist, hip, and knee joint, and the muscle power of upper limb and lower limb

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: N/A and Older
• Sexes Eligible for Study: All
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Inclusion Criteria:

• patients with humeral neck fracture, vertebral fracture, distal radial fracture or hip fractures after surgical fixation

Exclusion Criteria:

• no

Contacts and Locations

Locations

No locations specified.

Sponsors and Collaborators

• Changhua Christian Hospital

Investigators

None specified.

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

• Responsible Party: Ta-Sen Wei,MD, Director, Physical Medical and Rehabilitation, Principal Investigator, Clinical Professor, Changhua Christian Hospital
• ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01817933
• Other Study ID Numbers: CCH-100410
• First Posted: Mar 26, 2013
• Last Update Posted: Mar 26, 2013
• Last Verified: Mar 1, 2013

• Additional relevant MeSH terms: Fractures, Bone; Hip Fractures; Spinal Fractures; Radius Fractures

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Mar 26, 2013