The purpose of this study is to compare if there are differences in wrist function and pain after a distal radius fracture treated conservatively with immobilization for 4 or 6 weeks in elderly patients after six months of follow-up.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
135
Patients will be stay with a below elbow cast for 4 or 6 weeks
Hospital del Mar
Barcelona, Spain
Patient Rated Wrist Evaluation (PRWE)
The PRWE is a 15-item questionnaire designed to measure pain and wrist disability in activities of daily living.
Time frame: 3 months
Patient Rated Wrist Evaluation (PRWE)
The PRWE is a 15-item questionnaire designed to measure pain and wrist disability in activities of daily living.
Time frame: 6 months
Patient Rated Wrist Evaluation (PRWE)
The PRWE is a 15-item questionnaire designed to measure pain and wrist disability in activities of daily living.
Time frame: 1 year
Quick Disability of Arm and Shoulder (QuickDASH)
It is a questionnaire that looks at the ability of a patient to perform certain upper extremity activities. This questionnaire is a self-report questionnaire that patients can rate difficulty and interference with daily life on a 5 point Likert scale.
Time frame: 3 months
Quick Disability of Arm and Shoulder (QuickDASH)
It is a questionnaire that looks at the ability of a patient to perform certain upper extremity activities. This questionnaire is a self-report questionnaire that patients can rate difficulty and interference with daily life on a 5 point Likert scale.
Time frame: 6 months
Quick Disability of Arm and Shoulder (QuickDASH)
It is a questionnaire that looks at the ability of a patient to perform certain upper extremity activities. This questionnaire is a self-report questionnaire that patients can rate difficulty and interference with daily life on a 5 point Likert scale.
Time frame: 1 year
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Visual Analogue Scale (VAS)
is a measuring instrument that tries to measure the amount of pain a patient feels, which is supposed to be a value that oscillates in a continuous between no pain and an extreme amount of pain.
Time frame: 3 months
Visual Analogue Scale (VAS)
is a measuring instrument that tries to measure the amount of pain a patient feels, which is supposed to be a value that oscillates in a continuous between no pain and an extreme amount of pain.
Time frame: 6 months
Visual Analogue Scale (VAS)
is a measuring instrument that tries to measure the amount of pain a patient feels, which is supposed to be a value that oscillates in a continuous between no pain and an extreme amount of pain.
Time frame: 1 year
Range Of Movement (ROM)
Flexion, Extension, radial and ulnar deviation
Time frame: 3 months
Range Of Movement (ROM)
Flexion, Extension, radial and ulnar deviation
Time frame: 6 months
Range Of Movement (ROM)
Flexion, Extension, radial and ulnar deviation
Time frame: 1 year
Complications
Stiffness, delayed and non-union and complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS).
Time frame: 1 year