Use of a Vibration Tool for Postoperative Pain Control in Distal Radius Fractures
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Vibration tool.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Distal Radius Fracture, Radius Fracture Distal, Radius; Fracture, Lower or Distal End, Postoperative Pain. Basic parameters: from 18 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- United States
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Application of a Unique Vibration Modality for Postoperative Pain Control in Patients With Distal Radius Fractures to Reduce Postoperative Pain and Opioid Use
Overview
The purpose of this research study is to determine if using a vibration tool improves pain control after surgical treatment of distal radius fracture. Additionally, the investigators would like to determine if this tool has any impact on consumption of pain medications postoperatively.
Detailed description
Traditionally, occupational therapists have utilized vibration for sensory re-education in compression neuropathies and peripheral nerve injuries. Vibration is also commonly used for desensitization of hypersensitivity following amputation, crush injury, and for hypersensitive scarring. Since the vibration tool is readily available in the hand therapy clinic, vibration analgesia should be further explored in the hand clinic to help reduce pain. Vibration is a simple, and non-invasive, tool and would be easy, economical, and practical to implement into the hand clinic for postoperative pain control. This research project will evaluate whether vibration can be a useful adjunct to current postoperative pain modalities. With a multidisciplinary approach, the investigators hope to highlight the use of non-opioid modalities of pain control in distal radius fractures and believe that the findings from this study may apply to other painful conditions of the hand as well.
Interventions
- Device Vibration tool
Therapeutic mini massager for scar management, desensitization, muscle stimulation, oral stimulation and sensory re-education. Seek pain relief for sore achy muscles, tendons or bones.
Primary outcome measures
- QuickDASH (Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder, and Hand) Questionnaire [Time frame: up to 8 week post-surgery]
- PROMIS Bank v1.1 - Pain Interference Computer Adaptive Test [Time frame: up to 8 weeks post-surgery]
- PROMIS Bank v2.0 - Upper Extremity Computer Adaptive Test [Time frame: up to 8 weeks post-surgery]
- Pain Visual Analog Scale (VAS) [Time frame: up to 8 weeks post-surgery]
Secondary outcome measures (1)
- Opioid Use [Time frame: up to 8 weeks post-surgery]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Patients with a distal radius fracture who have undergone an open reduction and internal fixation using a volar FCR approach with a single volar plate
- Patients who can read, write, and follow direction in English
- Willing to undergo occupational therapy at Northwestern Medicine's Hand Surgery clinic
Exclusion criteria
- Patients undergoing oncologic surgery
- Patients who undergo simultaneous surgery such as open carpal tunnel
- Patients who only require closed reduction of distal radius fractures
- Operative patients that require dorsal plate fixation or separate radial styloid plate fixation
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
Study locations
United States · 1 center
- Northwestern Medicine — Chicago
Identifiers
NCT: NCT05318729 · STU00214664