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Vibration Tool for Postoperative Pain After Wrist Fracture Surgery

This study is looking at whether using a vibration tool can help control pain after surgery for a broken wrist (distal radius fracture). Researchers also want to see if using this tool affects how much pain medication people need after surgery. You might be able to join if you are an adult (18 or older) who has had a specific type of surgery for a broken wrist, can read and write English, and are willing to attend occupational therapy at Northwestern Medicine's Hand Surgery clinic. The study will measure your pain and arm function using questionnaires for up to 8 weeks after your surgery to see if the vibration tool is helpful. The study is currently recruiting 100 participants, but its overall status is unclear.

Study design
This interventional study plans to enroll 100 participants to test the effects of a vibration tool.
What's involved
You would need to undergo occupational therapy at Northwestern Medicine's Hand Surgery clinic and complete questionnaires for up to 8 weeks post-surgery.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
Participants will be followed for up to 8 weeks post-surgery through questionnaires.

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NCT05318729

Use of a Vibration Tool for Postoperative Pain Control in Distal Radius Fractures

Not Yet Recruiting
NAAges 18+InterventionalTreatment
Northwestern University
~100 participants
Updated 2026-07-10 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:Vibration tool

At a glance

Recruiting sites
0 of 1 listed site is recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
QuickDASH (Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder, and Hand) Questionnaire
Measured over up to 8 week post-surgery
+3 more outcomes measured

Conditions

Distal Radius Fracture
Radius Fracture Distal
Radius; Fracture, Lower or Distal End
Postoperative Pain

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Where it's being run

1 sites across 1 states
Illinois1

Study leadership

  • Jason H Ko, MD, MBA · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Associate Professor

Who to contact

Melissa J Shauver, MPH
[email protected]
312-472-6024
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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

Patients with a distal radius fracture who have undergone an open reduction and internal fixation using a volar FCR approach with a single volar plate
Patients who can read, write, and follow direction in English
Willing to undergo occupational therapy at Northwestern Medicine's Hand Surgery clinic

Exclusion

Patients undergoing oncologic surgery
Patients who undergo simultaneous surgery such as open carpal tunnel
Patients who only require closed reduction of distal radius fractures
Operative patients that require dorsal plate fixation or separate radial styloid plate fixation

What this trial measures

  • QuickDASH (Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder, and Hand) Questionnaireup to 8 week post-surgery

    An 11-item, self-report questionnaire designed to measure physical function and symptoms in patients with any or several musculoskeletal disorders of the upper limb; scored from 0 (no disability) to 100 (most severe disability).

  • PROMIS Bank v1.1 - Pain Interference Computer Adaptive Testup to 8 weeks post-surgery

    A 4-6 item self-reported questionnaire designed to measure the consequences of pain on relevant aspects of a person's life; the T-score rescales the raw score into a standardized score with a mean of 50 and a standard deviation of 10; low scores represent less pain interference, while high scores represent greater interference.

  • PROMIS Bank v2.0 - Upper Extremity Computer Adaptive Testup to 8 weeks post-surgery

    A 4-6 item self-reported questionnaire designed to measure upper extremity function; the T-score rescales the raw score into a standardized score with a mean of 50 and a standard deviation of 10; low scores represent less function, while high scores represent greater function.

  • Pain Visual Analog Scale (VAS)up to 8 weeks post-surgery

    Scored from 0 (no pain) to 10 (worst possible pain)