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The Effect of Motor Imagery in Patients With Radius Distal End Fracture

An interventional study of Conservative treatment via telerehabilitation and Conservative treatmen + motor imagery in Distal Radius Fracture, sponsored by Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa. Completed at 1 site in Turkey. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-06-11.

Sponsored by Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Registered 6 months after the study started (first participant enrolled Oct 2021, registered Apr 2022).
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
30
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

Distal Radius End Fracture (DRC) is one of the most common fractures among all extremity fractures and wrist fractures . Pain, edema and functional loss are common findings in patients, and the physiotherapy program should be well planned from an early time. However, although there are different physiotherapy and rehabilitation applications in the treatment of DRC, there is not enough information about the effectiveness of the applications when the evidence-based studies are examined.

The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of motor imagery added to conventional treatment versus conventional treatment with telerehabilitation in patients with distal radius end fracture. Motor imagery is defined as the mental presentation of voluntary movement without body movement. It is an application that does not require cost and it is a training that can be easily applied in rehabilitation programs. Telerehabilitation is important in the management of patients in the acute phase of the disease, as well as in the remote management of individuals with chronic health problems. Cases who applied to Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty Orthopedics and Traumatology Clinic and were referred to Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Department will be included in the study. Few studies have examined the effects of motor imagery on pain, kinesiophobia, and functionality in musculoskeletal injuries. Studies on the effects of motor imagery on different patient groups are needed. Therefore, in our study, the effect of motor imagery training applied with the telerehabilitation method on pain, kinesiophobia and functionality in patients with distal radius end fracture will be examined.

Sociodemographic data form of all subjects who volunteered to participate in the study; Age, gender, height, weight, pain, dominant extremity, and the type of fracture will be questioned. In addition, pain intensity is measured with a visual analog scale, normal joint movement measurement (wrist flexion, extension, ulnar and radial deviation, and forearm supination and pronation) with goniometer, hand grip strength with "Hydraulic hand dynamometer" , finger grip strength "Hydraulic Finger Dynamometer", kinesiophobia Tampa Kinesiophobia Scale, functionality "Arm, Shoulder and Hand Injury Questionnaire in Turkish (Disabilities of Arm, Shoulder and Hand-Turkish - DASH-T and The Patient-Based Wrist Assessment Questionnaire (HBEBD), with the fine dexterity Moberg Pick Up test, the motor imagery ability with the Recognize™ phone app and the Kinesthetic and Visual Imagery Questionnaire, quality of life will be evaluated with SF-12.

After the initial evaluation, the treatment program was started. Advances in the treatment method specific to the groups they belong to are explained in detail below.

Treatment:

After the distal radius end fracture, after 6 weeks of plaster application, after the first evaluation to be made in the clinic after the plaster was removed, in the next session, after patient education, conventional treatment was applied to the cases in Group 1, 3 days a week as stated below.

Group 2: Conservative Treatment + Motor Imagery Program Patients in this group will have motor imagery in addition to conservative treatment. The patients in this group will first be given a motor imagery introductory session. According to the results of the observation and evaluation made by the physiotherapist before the treatment, the function of the patients

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Conditions studied

  • Distal Radius Fracture

Keywords

  • Fracture
  • Motor imagery
  • telerehabilitation
  • radius
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In context

Fractures, Bone

2,261 studies on the registry are indexed under Fractures, Bone; 325 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 30 is below the median of 69 across 1,482 interventional studies indexed under Fractures, Bone.

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Lead sponsor

Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa is the lead sponsor of 680 studies on the registry; 208 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • Distal radius fracture and conservative treatment was decided

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Bilateral fracture
  • Cases with unstable, comminuted or complicated fractures, fractures associated with malignant conditions, presence of infection, cognitive impairment or inability to perceive verbal commands, and bilateral fractures will not be included in the study.
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
30 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Conservative

    Conservative Treatment Program

    Other: Conservative treatment via telerehabilitation

  • Experimental
    Motor Imagery

    Conservative Treatment + Motor Imagery Program

    Other: Conservative treatment via telerehabilitation · Other: Conservative treatmen + motor imagery

Interventions

  • OtherConservative treatment via telerehabilitation

    Patients will do their exercises in the form of a WhatsApp video call or a Zoom video call. Contrast bath, massage application for 5 minutes, passive, active assistive normal range of motion. Ice application. After 4 weeks strenghtening exercise. The treatment time 8 weeks.

  • OtherConservative treatmen + motor imagery

    Patients will do their exercises in the form of a WhatsApp video call or a Zoom video call. Contrast bath, 5-minute massage, passive, active auxiliary normal range of motion. Ice application. Strengthening exercise after 4 weeks. The duration of treatment is 8 weeks. This group applies motor images for a maximum of 5 minutes. They will implement functionality-based motor images.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Muscle Strenght

    A dynamometer was used to evaluate muscle strength. Muscle strength was evaluated in the following muscles, each measurement was made three times and the maximum was taken.

    Time frame: 3 minutes

  2. Functionality Level

    Dash, The Patient-Based Wrist Assessment Questionnaire (HBEBD)

    Time frame: 10 minutes

  3. Kinesiofobia Level

    Kinesiophobia, defined as an excessive, irrational, and debilitating fear of physical movement and activity resulting from a feeling of vulnerability due to painful injury or reinjury" is found to be a central factor in the process of pain developing from acute to chronic stages .Tampa scale

    Time frame: 10 minutes

  4. Pain Level

    Purpose and application of the test: The Visual Analog Scale (VAS) is used to convert some values that cannot be measured numerically into numericals. Two end definitions of the parameter to be evaluated are written on both ends of a 100 mm line and the patient is asked to indicate where his condition is appropriate by drawing a line or by placing a point or pointing on this line. Rest, activity and night were evaluated in three different time periods

    Time frame: 1 minutes

Secondary outcomes

  1. Normal Range of Motion

    Upper extremity joints and range of motion were evaluated

    Time frame: 5 minutes

  2. the Recognize™

    Use the Recognise App to quickly exercise your synapses on your device, wherever you are.

    Time frame: 10 minutes

  3. SF-12

    The SF-12 is a self-reported outcome measure assessing the impact of health on an individual's everyday life. It is often used as a quality of life measure.

    Time frame: From the start of treatment until 8 week after the end of treatment

  4. the Kinesthetic and Visual Imagery Questionnaire

    The KVIQ assesses on a five-point ordinal scale the clarity of the image (visual: V subscale) and the intensity of the sensations (kinesthetic: K subscale) that the subjects are able to imagine from the first-person perspective.

    Time frame: 10 minutes

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Study locations

1 site
  • Melike Gizem Kalaycı
    İstanbul, Turkey
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Undecided

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jun 11, 2024, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT05360836
Lead sponsor
Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa
Responsible party
Melike Gizem KALAYCI (Principal Investigator, Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa) — Principal investigator
First posted
May 4, 2022
Start date
Oct 1, 2021
Primary completion
Jan 31, 2022
Completion
May 30, 2022
Last update
Jun 11, 2024

Study contacts

Melike Gizem Kalaycı, PhD
study director · Bahçeşehir University

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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