The Effectiveness of Cross-training on an Immobilised Forearm

Dilara Ekici Zincirci

Status: Completed

Conditions: Forearm Fracture

Treatments: Procedure: isokinetic strengthening exercise; Procedure: conventional exercise programm

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06562218

CTO-CE1

Details and patient eligibility

About

The cross-training phenomenon is the increase in muscle strength in the contralateral limb when one limb is exercised. Limited studies have shown that it prevents immobilisation-induced muscle weakness in healthy volunteers. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of strengthening the contralateral extremity on muscle strength and range of motion in the immobilised extremity in patients who had undergone immobilisation for forearm fractures.

Enrollment: 42 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Traumatic unilateral forearm fracture (treated surgically or conservatively and immobilised in a cast)

Exclusion criteria

• Previous upper limb surgery/joint disease - deformity affecting hand-wrist function
• Any neurological condition affecting the upper extremity (stroke, Parkinson's disease; multiple sclerosis, reflex sympathetic dystrophy, peripheral nerve injury)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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42 participants in 2 patient groups

cross training group

Experimental group

Description:

Group whose healthy arm (unbroken side) is strengthened

Treatment:

Procedure: isokinetic strengthening exercise

control group

Experimental group

Description:

group given conventional exercise to the fractured arm

Treatment:

Procedure: conventional exercise programm