Status:
RECRUITING
Serial Casting for Upper Extremity Burn Contractures
Lead Sponsor:
Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM)
Conditions:
Burn Contracture of Skin
Eligibility:
All Genders
16-100 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The use of a splint, serial casting and passive stretching have been described in the literature as conservative interventions to manage joint contractures after burn injury. There is a paucity of lit...
Detailed Description
Participants will undergo a tailored intervention based on their needs.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Burn survivors with \>15% loss of PROM of their PIP, MCP, wrist, or elbow in either: flexion, extension, ulnar deviation or radial deviation.
- Fire, flame or scald burn injury
- ≥16 years old
- have provided informed consent.
Exclusion
- Frostbite, chemical or electrical burn injury
- A premorbid musculoskeletal or neurological disorder that limited their ROM
- Have sustained a neurological injury secondary to the burn injury
- A psychiatric or cognitive disorder that limits their ability to follow the research protocol
- Have been diagnosed with heterotopic ossification
- PROM is contraindicated for any reason
- Do not understand English or French.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 20 2022
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
September 20 2025
Estimated Enrollment :
12 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT05425433
Start Date
September 20 2022
End Date
September 20 2025
Last Update
February 19 2025
Active Locations (1)
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Hôpital de réadaptation Villa Médica
Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H2X 1C9