The Wrist-Free Study - Comparing Traditional Above Elbow Casts to Ones That Free the Wrist

ConditionSupracondylar Humerus Fracture

Trial statusRecruiting

Trial phaseNot applicable

Trial typeInterventional

Biological sexAll

AgeUp to 18

SponsorKK Women's and Children's Hospital

About this trial

This randomized controlled trial compares clinical outcomes, patient comfort and satisfaction of freeing the wrist in casts for supracondylar humerus fractures in children.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Type I and Type IIa Supracondylar Humerus Fracture

Disqualifiers

History of elbow injury

Polytrauma

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

Modified long arm cast
Traditional long arm cast

Treatment groups

76 Participants

are divided into 2 treatment groups

Sponsors and collaborators

KK Women's and Children's Hospital

Lead sponsor

Source ClinicalTrials.gov