Clavicular Shortening Post-fracture - Does it Change? - a Prospective Study of 70 Patients

N/AUnknownNCT02089282

Holbaek Sygehus70 enrolled

Overview

In an attempt to answer if clavicular length changes after a fracture e.g. that any shortening becomes worse or better, 70 patients will be followed 3 times over 21 days using a novel ultrasound method.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

Conditions

Stability of Clavicular Fractures Within the First 3 Weeks

Interventions

UltrasoundDEVICE

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 17 YearsMax age: 90 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: All patients who sustain a displaced medial, mid and lateral clavicle fracture from March 2014 to August 2015 referred from Slagelse and Holbæk emergency departments are eligible. The last patients are seen end of mid-July 2015 given the 21 days of follow up. Exclusion Criteria: Patients that have bilateral clavicle fractures and/or prior operations involving the clavicle are excluded. Malignant diagnoses are excluded.

Locations (1)

Holbæk sygehus

Holbæk, Vest-sjælland, Denmark

RECRUITING

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Change in clavicular length

The dynamic testing of clavicular length and when or which fracures that are stabile.

Time frame: 3 weeks

Secondary Outcomes

Oxford shoulder score

Time frame: 21 days

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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