EFFECTIVENESS OF GRADED MOTOR IMAGERY TO PREVENT CRPS IN PATIENTS WITH DISTAL RADIUS FRACTURE AFTER SURGERY

Ergoterapia Manoegomito Sagl

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Surgery; CRPS (Complex Regional Pain Syndromes); Distal Radius Fracture; Wrist Fracture

Treatments: Other: GMI protocol; Other: Standard Rehabilitation Protocol

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03937492

Ergoterapia manoegomito

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study would like show that patients who follow a protocol with GMI are less probability to develop CRPS

Full description

Distal radius fractures (DRF) has a high frequency in adults. Studies show that the upper limb is frequently affected by CRPS, especially if is preceded by a fracture.

Recent studies suggest that changes in cortical structures can contribute to the onset of CRPS.

GMI is a approved and efficacy method in CRPS rehabilitation, because it trains modified cortical areas throught 3 stadies: left-right discrimination, visual motor imagery and mirror therapy.

Literature shows that there are any studies about GMI efficacy on prevention CRPS in DRF after surgery.

This study would like to demostrate that, appling GMI in the early stages of rehabilitation plus standard rehabilitation protocol of DRF after surgery, CRPS cases are reducted.

Enrollment: 60 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 75 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients with distal radius fracture after surgery
• 18 to 75 years old
• Male and female

Exclusion criteria

• uncompliants patients
• patients with neurological disorders or cognitive impairment
• patients with TFCC injury or both ulna and radius fractures
• patients with visually impairment
• patients who don't speak or understand oral and written italian language

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

A group

Experimental group

Description:

In this group patients follow standard treatment after radius fracture plus GMI procol

Treatment:

Other: Standard Rehabilitation Protocol

Other: GMI protocol

B group

Active Comparator group

Description:

In this group patients follow standard treatment after radius fracture

Treatment:

Other: Standard Rehabilitation Protocol