Functional Outcomes After Radial Head Fractures Treated Non-operatively

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Conditions studied: Radial Head Fracture

In brief

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of physical therapy as part of the non-operative treatment of radial head fractures.There is currently no data to support the use of physical therapy in the non-operative treatment of radial head fractures. Likewise, there is no data that shows that physical therapy is harmful to patients being treated non-operatively for radial head fractures. Investigators believe that prescribing physical therapy for patients with non-displaced radial head fractures treated non-operatively is unnecessary, and that that it would be equally efficacious to teach patients simple stretching exercises that they could perform by themselves. Subjects will be randomized into 2 groups: Group 1 - Patients will be prescribed physical therapy within the first month following fracture; Group 2 - Patients will be given simple stretching exercises to perform at home and will not be given a prescription for physical therapy. Patients who agree to participate in this study and sign the informed consent will be randomly assigned to one of the two groups.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03170128

Run by

NYU Langone Health

People needed

51

Starts

2014-08-03

Expected to finish

2017-08-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-08-17

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 99. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Individuals to be approached for participation in this study will include all adult (age > 18 years old) patients who are receiving or seeking medical care in the outpatient setting.

You may not qualify if…

• Patients who are initially determined to need surgical fixation of a radial head fracture will not be included in this study. There are no additional exclusion criteria.

Where it is running

• New York University School of Medicine — New York, New York, United States

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