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Register: German Clinical Trials Register
Last refreshed on: 8 April 2024
Main ID:  DRKS00011934
Date of registration: 10/04/2017
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: University Hospital Odense, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Public title: Activity tracking in elderly patients after operative treatment of proximal femur fractures
Scientific title: Activity tracking in elderly patients after operative treatment of proximal femur fractures - ACTProFem
Date of first enrolment: 11/03/2017
Target sample size: 126
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  http://drks.de/search/en/trial/DRKS00011934
Study type:  observational
Study design:  Allocation: ; Masking: ; Control: ; Assignment: ; Study design purpose: Prognosis  
Phase: 
Countries of recruitment
Denmark Germany
Contacts
Name: Hagen    Schmal
Address:  Sdr. Boulevard 29 5000 Odense C Denmark
Telephone: ß45 29428705
Email: hagen.schmal@rsyd.dk
Affiliation:  University Hospital Odense, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Name: Hagen    Schmal
Address:  Sdr. Boulevard 29 5000 Odense C Denmark
Telephone: ß45 29428705
Email: hagen.schmal@rsyd.dk
Affiliation:  University Hospital Odense, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: •Existence of a proximal femoral fracture including the locations AO 31 and 32 (intervention group, n=48 per center)
•Or existence of a fracture of the upper extremity including the locations AO 11,12,13, 21, 22 and 23 (control group, n=15)
•Age = 65 years
•Being able to read and understand German or Danish
•Informed consent

Exclusion criteria: •Open fractures
•Polytrauma
•Colonization with multiresistent bacteria
•Preoperatively bedridden patients
•Infection of the wound
•Operative revisions because of other reasons


Age minimum: 65 Years
Age maximum: 120 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Pertrochanteric fracture
Subtrochanteric fracture

S72.0
S72.1
S72.2
S72.2
Fracture of neck of femur
S72.0
S72.1
Intervention(s)
Group 1: Activity measurement in patients suffering from a proximal femoral fracture including the locations AO 31 and 32
Group 2: Activity measurement in patients suffering from a forearm fracture including the locations AO 11, 12, 13, 21, 22 and 23 (upper extremity)
Primary Outcome(s)
Percentage of the active time measured using an activity tracker and a threshold, which was adapted to this special patient population. The activity is registered at two time points: day 2+/-1 and 8+/-3 after surgery.
Secondary Outcome(s)
Active minutes per day measured at two time points: day 2+/-1 and 8+/-3 after surgery, the questionnaire EQ-5D 3L (quality of life), the handicap index Barthel 20 based on questioning the patient and the nursing staff, complications are registered
Secondary ID(s)
U1111-1194-6780
OP 238
Source(s) of Monetary Support
University Hospital Odense
Rigshospital Copenhagen
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Status: Approved
Approval date: 15/12/2015
Contact:
ekfr.mpg@uniklinik-freiburg.de
Ethik-Kommission der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
+49-761-27072600
ekfr.mpg@uniklinik-freiburg.de
Results
Results available:
Date Posted:
Date Completed:
URL: http://drks.de/search/en/trial/DRKS00011934#studyResults
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