Pediatric Distal Radius US Study

The Hawkins Foundation

Status: Completed

Conditions: Distal Radius Fractures

Treatments: Device: Diagnostic Ultrasound; Radiation: X-ray imaging

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01937624

Pro00021828

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the study is to evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of using a diagnostic musculoskeletal ultrasound in pediatric distal radius fractures in an outpatient setting. Ultrasound reliability and accuracy will be tested. The result of the diagnostic ultrasound will be compared to x-ray diagnosis under routine conditions in the investigator's injury and fracture treatment evening clinic. Data will be collected and recorded during the duration of the 12 week study. Through the literature review and experience with ultrasound, the investigators anticipate that diagnostic ultrasound will provide very high sensitivity and specificity in diagnosing distal radius fractures in children.

Enrollment: 51 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 2 to 15 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Pediatric patient with a wrist injury.

Exclusion criteria

• Gross deformity of the injured body part, suspected open fractures and the need for emergent surgery

Trial design

51 participants in 1 patient group

Diagnostic ultrasound and radiographic imaging

Description:

- The diagnostic musculoskeletal ultrasound and x-rays will both be used to image bones in perpendicular and orthogonal planes over the distal radius visualizing the physis.

Treatment:

Radiation: X-ray imaging

Device: Diagnostic Ultrasound