Effects of Shrinker Use on Healing and Volume

Stopped early · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Transtibial Amputation

In brief

We expect subjects in the interventional groups, who wear shrinkers, to heal more quickly than control subjects who wear no shrinkers. We also expect them to experience greater reduction in residual limb volume during the early stages of postoperative care leading up to prosthetic fitting, fewer healing complications, reduced time to the prosthetic fitting, increased time to the first prosthetic socket replacement, and fewer socket replacements by the end of the "transition to stable phase".

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00693628

Run by

University of Oklahoma

People needed

4

Starts

2007-03-01

Expected to finish

2012-01-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-06-05

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Recently undergone primary transtibial amputation
• Patients between ages of 18 and 100 years of age

You may not qualify if…

• Undergone previous amputations above the Symes level

Where it is running

• University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, O'Donoghue Orthotics & Prosthetics Clinic — Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States

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