Clinical trials: Upper Extremity Dislocation
Colles' Fracture
Low-level Laser Therapy in Wrist Fractures
Approximately 15,000 persons in Norway suffer from wrist fractures during a year, making it the most prevalent fracture in this country. Treated conservatively, a cast is used for 4-6 weeks before removal.
- Trial name
- NCT02749929
- Testing
- Low level laser therapy
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 53 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Bergen
Elbow Pain, Supracondylar Humerus Fracture
The Utilization of Ultrasound to Diagnose Pediatric Elbow Fractures
The goal of this intervention trial is to learn if a ultrasound diagnosis of elbow fractures can improve care in pediatric patients seen in the emergency room.
- Conditions
- Elbow Pain, Supracondylar Humerus Fracture, Radial Head Fractures, Radial Head or Neck Fractures
- Trial name
- NCT07212036
- Testing
- Ultrasound of the elbow, X-ray of elbow
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 225 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Nemours Children's Clinic
Colles' Fracture
Low-level Laser Therapy in Distal Radius Fractures
Conservative treatment of distal radius fracture is immobilisation with cast for 4-6 weeks. After removing the cast, it is common to still have pain, swelling and reduced mobility in the wrist.
- Trial name
- NCT03014024
- Testing
- Low-Level Laser Therapy
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Bergen
Return to Sport, Survey and Questionnaire
Return to Play Criteria After Shoulder Dislocation in Upper Limb Athletes: Critical Analysis Between the Habits of Medical Professionals and the Literature
Purpose: Identify the criteria employed by sports medicine specialists in assessing the aptitude/inaptitude of an overhead athlete to return to competition following an antero-internal dislocation of the glenohumeral joint that…
- Conditions
- Return to Sport, Survey and Questionnaire, Shoulder Dislocation
- Trial name
- NCT04387188
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 63 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Liege
Distal Radius Fractures, Wrist Fracture
Unstable Distal Radius Fractures With Dorsal Dislocation in Patients Aged 18-64 Years. Volar Locking Plate (VLP) vs Closed Reduction and Percutaenous Pinning (CRPP).
120 patients age 18-64 years with dorsally displaced distal radius fractures AO-type A2, A3 and C1 are recruited from Oslo Casualty Medical Centre (Oslo Skadelegevakt).
- Conditions
- Distal Radius Fractures, Wrist Fracture, Colles' Fracture
- Trial name
- NCT04716309
- Testing
- Open reduction and volar locking plate and closed reduction and K-wires.
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oslo University Hospital
Elbow Fracture
Radiation Therapy for Heterotopic Ossification Prophylaxis Acutely After Elbow Trauma
The investigators hypothesized that radiation therapy could be safely administered acutely after elbow trauma, and it would decrease the number of patients that would require surgical excision of heterotopic ossification.
- Trial name
- ElbowHO (NCT00991887)
- Testing
- Radiation Therapy (XRT)
- Volunteers
- 48 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences