Clinical trials: Metacarpal Fractures
Metacarpal Fractures
Comparing Short-term Function and Pain After No Treatment or Splinting for Boxer's Fracture
This Study is being done because the investigators would like to know if pain and hand function after having a boxer's fracture differs between being treated with supportive splinting or without splinting, but with behavioral…
- Trial name
- NCT02547181
- Testing
- Behavioral Modification, Splint
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Bone Fractures, Splints
A Randomized Trial Comparing Conventional Plaster and Thermoplastic Splints to Treat Pediatric Boxer's Fractures
The investigators are conducting a randomized clinical trial comparing two types of splints for treatment of Boxer's fractures in children up to age 17 inclusive.
- Conditions
- Bone Fractures, Splints, Metacarpal Fracture, Boxer's Fracture
- Trial name
- NCT01759758
- Testing
- Plaster Ulnar Gutter Splint, Thermoplastic Splint
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- IWK Health Centre
Mallet Fracture, Metacarpal Fracture
Optional Follow-up Visits for Common, Low-risk Arm Fractures
Many common arm fractures have an excellent prognosis with little more than symptomatic treatment. When studying these fractures, investigators find that a substantial number of patients do not attend follow-up appointments.
- Conditions
- Mallet Fracture, Metacarpal Fracture, Metacarpal Neck Fracture, Distal Radius Fracture
- Trial name
- NCT01583556
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Fifth Metacarpal Neck Fracture
Conservative Versus Operative Treatment of Displaced Neck Fractures of the Fifth Metacarpal
This is a prospective, randomized, multi-center pilot study of isolated, displaced neck fractures of the fifth metacarpal. The patients are randomly assigned to osteosynthesis with antegrade intramedullary splinting or…
- Trial name
- CONFraM (NCT00704002)
- Testing
- antegrade intramedullary splinting, conservative treatment
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 9 people
- Sponsor
- Heinrich-Heine University, Duesseldorf
Metacarpal Shaft Fractures
Swelling or Malrotation of Metacarpal Shaft Fractures in the Evaluation of Rotational Deformity
Rotational deformity or malunion causes the most significant functional deficit in these common fractures. The evaluation of the rotation may be performed with the metacarpophalangeal joints flexed although postoperative swelling…
- Trial name
- NCT00934869
- Where
- 2 sites in Israel
- Sponsor
- Hadassah Medical Organization