Forearm Buckle Fracture Treatment Study

ISRCTN	ISRCTN25187648
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN25187648
Secondary identifying numbers	N0185146326

Prospectively registered

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Statistical analysis plan

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Individual participant data

Record updated in last year

Plain English summary of protocol

Not provided at time of registration

Dr A Hudson
Scientific

Henshears Farm
Roborough
Plymouth
PL6 7BH
United Kingdom

Study design	Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design	Interventional
Secondary study design	Randomised controlled trial
Study setting(s)	Not specified
Study type	Not Specified
Scientific title
Study objectives	To compare two accepted means of treatment of torus (buckle) fractures in children in an attempt to show if either is superior.
Ethics approval(s)	Not provided at time of registration
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied	Injury, Occupational Diseases, Poisoning: Buckle fractures
Intervention	Patients will be randomised into two groups one of which will receive the standard treatment (plaster of paris) and the other the trial treatment (double Tubigrip). The parents will then be given a prospective diary to complete and the patient will be reviewed in the A&E clinic at approximately 3 weeks to assess the patient and discuss the completed diary prior to discharge from clinical follow up.
Intervention type	Other
Primary outcome measure	If the double Tubigrip treatment proves to be superior, it will be both quicker to apply and cheaper.
Secondary outcome measures	Not provided at time of registration
Overall study start date	01/03/2001
Completion date	31/01/2004

Participant type(s)	Patient
Age group	Child
Lower age limit	2 Years
Upper age limit	12 Years
Sex	Not Specified
Target number of participants	100
Key inclusion criteria	100 children aged 2 - 12 years.
Key exclusion criteria	Angulated and greenstick fractures, previous fractures of the same wrist, other significant injuries, unable to attend for review.
Date of first enrolment	01/03/2001
Date of final enrolment	31/01/2004

Henshears Farm

Plymouth
PL6 7BH
United Kingdom

Department of Health
Government

Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom

Government

Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust (UK), Own Account NHS R&D Support Funding

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Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share	No
IPD sharing plan summary	Not provided at time of registration
Publication and dissemination plan	Not provided at time of registration
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