Early Mobilisation of the Distal Radius Fracture

Early Mobilisation of the Distal Radius Fracture Isokinetic and Functional Evaluation

The goal of this clinical trial is to demonstrate the effectiveness of early therapy in 14 patients with a distal radius fracture DRF resulting from injury, as the study group. Assess hand function of patients who underwent surgical repair of distal radius fractures using the open reduction internal fixation method (ORIF), compared to their nonoperated limb, after 6 months of early rehabilitation.

The main questions it aims to answer are:

1. Significantly faster recovery of independence from daily activities by the patient.
2. For economic reasons, patients often expect to return to work as soon as possible.

Participants will be subjected to functional examination to assess hand function of patients who underwent surgical repair of distal radius fractures using the open reduction internal fixation method.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Secondary Prevention
• Intervention / Treatment: Diagnostic test: Functional examination

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 15

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Poland
  • Masovian Voivodeship
    • Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland, 01-494
      • Terapia Ręki Magda Kolasińska

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Patients with a distal radius fracture DRF resulting from injury

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• age range 18-60 years
• distal radius fracture
• ORIF procedure
• hand stabilisation plate (Medartis)

Exclusion Criteria:

• delayed rehabilitation protocol
• algodystrophy

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Number of groups / cohorts

1

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort

Intervention / Treatment

patients with a distal radius fracture; Functional examination included evaluating range of motion (ROM), grip strength, and isokinetic evaluation of force moments (Biodex) for wrist flexion, extension, forearm pronation, and forearm supination. Michigan's questionnaire and the Disability of the Arm, Shoulder, and Hand (DASH) questionnaire were used to subjectively evaluate the effects of therapy.

Diagnostic test: Functional examination; Compared to nonoperated limb, after 6 months of early rehabilitation.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
DASH -Disability of the Arm, Shoulder, and Hand	questionnaire assesses upper limb disability and consists of 30 questions in the general section and an additional work module with 4 questions and a sport/instrument playing module with 4 questions. Assess symptoms and the inability to perform certain activities based on health status.	1 day
ROM - range of motion	Flexion, extension of the wrist, supination and pronation of the forearm using a 15 cm stainless steel Saehan finger goniometer	1 day
Grip strength	Using a hydraulic handgrip dynamometer by Saehan according to the procedure to measure grip strength	1 day
Isokinetic evaluation	Isokinetic evaluation of force moments of the biceps and triceps, and the muscles responsible for supination and pronation of the forearm using the Biodex System 4 Pro (Biodex, USA) dynamometer.	1 day

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Józef Piłsudski University of Physical Education

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): March 4, 2024
• Primary Completion (Actual): September 30, 2024
• Study Completion (Actual): September 30, 2024

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: February 3, 2024
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 12, 2024
• First Posted (Actual): February 14, 2024

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimated): September 3, 2025
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: August 26, 2025
• Last Verified: August 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: exercise therapy; distal radius fracture; early therapy
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Wounds and Injuries; Fractures, Bone; Arm Injuries; Wrist Injuries; Wrist Fractures
• Other Study ID Numbers: Radius Fracture

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No