Dorsal Splint or Circular Cast for Colles’ Fracture? - Full Text View

Dorsal Splint or Circular Cast for Colles’ Fracture?

This study has been completed.

Sponsored by:	St. Olavs Hospital
Information provided by:	St. Olavs Hospital
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00470691

Purpose

The purpose of this study was to see wether a circular plaster cast would retain the reposition better than a dorsal plaster splint, for Colles' fracture which were conservatively treated with reduction and immobilization.

Condition	Intervention
Colles' Fracture	Procedure: circular plaster cast/dorsal plaster splint

MedlinePlus related topics:

Fractures

U.S. FDA Resources

Study Type:	Interventional
Study Design:	Treatment, Randomized, Open Label, Active Control, Parallel Assignment

Official Title:	Comparison of Dorsal Plaster Splint and Circular Plaster Cast for Colles' Fractures

Further study details as provided by St. Olavs Hospital:

Estimated Enrollment:

Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:	50 Years and older
Genders Eligible for Study:	Female
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	No

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

women 50 years and older
Colles' fracture due to low energy trauma

Exclusion Criteria:

high energy trauma
age under 50 years
dementia

Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00470691

Sponsors and Collaborators

St. Olavs Hospital

Investigators


Study Chair:	Vilh Finsen, MD, PhD	Dept of orthopaedic Surgery, St Olavs Hospital

More Information

Study ID Numbers:	StOlavsH-ort-radius
First Received:	May 7, 2007
Last Updated:	May 7, 2007
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00470691
Health Authority:	Norway: Norwegian Social Science Data Services

Study placed in the following topic categories:

Colles' Fracture

Fractures, Bone

Wounds and Injuries

Disorders of Environmental Origin

Radius Fractures

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on October 07, 2008