An interventional study of buddy tape and splint in Non-thumb Metacarpal Shaft Fracture, sponsored by Centre Hospitalier Sud Francilien. Recruiting at 1 site in France. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-10-28.
Sponsored by Centre Hospitalier Sud Francilien · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
The goal of this clinical trial is to see if buddy tape can treat shaft fracture of hand long fingers as well as splint.
The main question it aims to answer is: Two months after the fracture, are the hand activities as good with buddy taping as with splint? Researchers will compare buddy tape group to splint group to see if the strength of the arm is not lower with buddy tape.
Participants will attend 4 visits after receiving either buddy tape or splint, to control their hand strength and the correct healing of their franture.
Patients will be identified in the emergency ward after x-rays are positive for a non-thumb metacarpal fracture. If they consent to participate in the study, they will be put into either the buddy taping or the short arm splint group. This decision will be made through randomization, and the physician will not select which group the patient is in.
As in routine practice, the patients are seen again on D15 ± 3 days, D30 ± 5 days and D60 ± 5 days in an orthopedic consultation with X-ray to control the hand face, strict profile and 3/4. Both devices are removed at the check-up consultation on day 30 ± 5 days.
The patients will then attend the end of trial visit at Day 90 ± 5 days in an orthopedic consultation with X-ray.
No specific act is added by this research.
Centre Hospitalier Sud Francilien is the lead sponsor of 58 studies on the registry; 13 are open to participants now.
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Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.
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Device: buddy tape
Device: splint
Buddy-taping a finger dynamically splints one finger to an adjacent, uninjured finger.
Short arm splint immobilize and maintain stability of the injured finger, the hand is immobilized in the intrinsic plus position with syndactyly of the injured finger and adjacent finger
Quick Dash
Auto questionnaire evaluating the disabilities of the arm, shoulder and hand
Time frame: day 60
clamp force
Clamp force deficit measured by a hydraulic hand dynamometer
Time frame: day 0,15,30,60 and 90
Grip force
Grip force deficit measured by a hydraulic hand dynamometer
Time frame: day 0,15,30,60 and 90
TPM
Total passive motion measured with a digital goniometer
Time frame: day 0,15,30,60 and 90
TAM
Total active motion measured with a digital goniometer
Time frame: day 0,15,30,60 and 90
Plan to share: No
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