Integrated Rehabilitation Program for Fractures

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.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Hip Fractures; Vertebral Fracture; Humeral Neck Fracture; Distal Radial Fracture
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: physical therapy

• Study Type: Interventional
• Phase: Not Applicable

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Child; Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

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

Exclusion Criteria:

• no

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: N/A
• Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

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

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Change in pain degree	use Visual Analog Scale (VAS) to measure the pain condition after surgical fixation and 1 month	1 month after surgical fixation

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Change in range of motion at the fracture area	to access the range of motion in the elbow, wrist, hip, and knee joint, and the muscle power of upper limb and lower limb	1 month after surgical fixation

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Changhua Christian Hospital

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: July 1, 2010
• Primary Completion (Actual): January 1, 2011
• Study Completion (Actual): July 1, 2011

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: March 20, 2013
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 21, 2013
• First Posted (Estimate): March 26, 2013

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimate): March 26, 2013
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 21, 2013
• Last Verified: March 1, 2013

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Wounds and Injuries; Leg Injuries; Femoral Fractures; Hip Injuries; Arm Injuries; Forearm Injuries; Spinal Injuries; Back Injuries; Fractures, Bone; Hip Fractures; Radius Fractures; Spinal Fractures
• Other Study ID Numbers: CCH-100410