Mobile Monitoring of Fracture Healing

Completed

Conditions studied: Tibial Fractures

In brief

The objective of this study is to develop methods for using forces measured on circular external fixators to predict the state of individual patient's healing of severe tibial fractures and defects.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02534259

Run by

Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

People needed

6

Starts

2015-08-01

Expected to finish

2018-03-14

Last updated by the study team

2019-02-18

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 80. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 18 to 80 years of age
• Patients scheduled to undergo or currently undergoing treatment at Hershey Medical Center for tibia fracture and/or defect using a circular external fixator including Ilizarov and Taylor Spatial Frame types.
• Ability to perform study procedures including ambulation (with assistance device if needed)

You may not qualify if…

• External fixator design that cannot be suitably instrumented for force measurements due to space constraints or other issues
• Axially stable fracture
• Inability to understand English
• Inability to provide informed consent
• Difficulty maintaining follow-up

Where it is running

• Penn State Hershey Medical Center — Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States

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