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Register:	German Clinical Trials Register
Last refreshed on:	8 April 2024
Main ID:	DRKS00009911
Date of registration:	28/01/2016
Prospective Registration:	No
Primary sponsor:	Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Tübingen
Public title:	Functional Outcome of therapy of elbow dislocation - medium- and long-term results of conservative and surgical therapy of elbow dislocations with or without related fractures
Scientific title:	Functional Outcome of therapy of elbow dislocation - medium- and long-term results of conservative and surgical therapy of elbow dislocations with or without related fractures
Date of first enrolment:	02/03/2015
Target sample size:	100
Recruitment status:	Recruiting
URL:	http://drks.de/search/en/trial/DRKS00009911
Study type:	observational
Study design:	Allocation: ; Masking: ; Control: ; Assignment: ; Study design purpose: treatment
Phase:

Countries of recruitment
Germany

Contacts

Name:	Dorothee Gühring
Address:	Schnarrenbergstr.95 72076 Tübingen Germany
Telephone:	07071 - 606 - 0 (Pforte BGU)
Email:	dguehring@bgu-tuebingen.de
Affiliation:	Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Tübingen

Name:	Markus Gühring
Address:	Schnarrenbergstr.95 72076 Tübingen Germany
Telephone:	07071 - 606 - 0 (Pforte BGU)
Email:	mguehring@bgu-tuebingen.de
Affiliation:	Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Tübingen

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: conservative or surgical therapy of elbow dislocation in the space of time from January 2010 to December 2012
Exclusion criteria: Patient refuses to take part at the study.
It's not possible for the patient to appear to the follow-up examination and to be interviewed.

Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: None
Gender: All

Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

S53

Dislocation, sprain and strain of joints and ligaments of elbow

Intervention(s)

Group 1: conservative therapy: closed reduction (splint or dynamic splint for at least two weeks)
Questionnaire asking them to agility, strength and stability of the elbow in everyday life, in
Sport and at work, as well as the acute pain and the functionality of the elbow . Assessment using various scores.
Group 2: surgical therapy: open reduction (screws, pins)

Questionnaire asking them to agility, strength and stability of the elbow in everyday life, in
Sport and at work, as well as the acute pain and the functionality of the elbow . Assessment using various scores.

Primary Outcome(s)

Elbow function (movement, strength, pain, stability) and consequences on quality of Life by questionnaire and examination according to the following scores: VAS, DASH, Score of Broberg and Morrey, MEPI, EuroQol-5D
The Primary Outcome is set on a date when the therapy is at least finished for one year.

Secondary Outcome(s)

long-term outcome and complications (questionnaire)
The Secondary Outcome is evaluated five years after having finished the treatment.

Secondary ID(s)

Source(s) of Monetary Support

Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Tübingen

Secondary Sponsor(s)

Ethics review

Status: Approved
Approval date: 11/01/2016
Contact:

Results

Results available:
Date Posted:
Date Completed:
URL:	http://drks.de/search/en/trial/DRKS00009911#studyResults

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