Status:
COMPLETED
Measuring Hand Edema in Burn Patients
Lead Sponsor:
United States Army Institute of Surgical Research
Conditions:
Edema
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-89 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine the reliability and concurrent validity of the figure-of-eight method of measuring hand edema in the burn patient population. Establishing the reliability and...
Detailed Description
A prospective study involving 33 burn patients admitted to the US Army Burn Center. Two raters will perform three separate blinded measurements for hand edema using the figure-of-eight measurement tec...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Male or female 18-89 years old
- Admitted to the United States (U.S.) Army Burn Intensive Care Unit (ICU) or ward with burn injury and the presence of bilateral or unilateral hand edema
Exclusion
- Subject unable to be placed in test position for volumetry testing or the presence of a medical condition, as defined by a physician, that precludes the safe use of volumetry.
- Subject is unable to tolerate his/her hand(s) being immersed in room temperature water for volumetry testing.
- Subject does not have any of the bony landmarks (due to amputation, previous surgery) required to perform the figure-of-eight measurement
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 1 2005
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
November 1 2006
Estimated Enrollment :
20 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00137228
Start Date
January 1 2005
End Date
November 1 2006
Last Update
January 8 2008
Active Locations (1)
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U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research
Fort Sam Houston, Texas, United States, 78234