Buddy Taping Compared to Splint Immobilization for Displaced Paediatric Finger Fractures

Buddy Taping Compared to Splint Immobilizations for Reduced Paediatric Finger Fractures

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT04068935

Enrollment

Registered

2019-08-28

Start date

2019-08-20

Completion date

2023-01-16

Last updated

2023-05-16

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Conditions

Fracture Finger

Brief summary

Fracture immobilization with Buddy taping is not inferior to Splint immobilization for non-displaced extra-articular paediatric finger fractures. However, whether the same applies for reduced finger fractures is unclear.

Detailed description

Displaced fractures will be reduced in the paediatric ED by Emergency physicians. After fracture reduction, fracture immobilization will either be done with a Splint immobilization or a fingertaping. After 4 and 21 days, clinical and radiographic controls will take place at the Hand surgery outpatient clinic.

Interventions

PROCEDUREfracture immobilization after reduction of displaced finger fractures

After closed reduction of a displaced finger fracture, fracture immobilization with either Buddy taping or Splint immobilization

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

4 Years to 16 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* extraarticular displaced finger fractures of the proximal or middle phalanges

Exclusion criteria

* fractures of the thumb * fractures that are open, instable, pathologic or multifragmented * multiple fractures of the Hand * phalangeal neck fractures * presentation later than 5 days after the injury

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
secondary fracture displacement	5 and 21 days after fracture reduction	X-ray controls

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Patient comfort	5 and 21 days after fracture reduction	visual analog scale (VAS): Smiley scale with a range from 1 to 10, 10 being the highest score possible, indicating that the Patient comfort was very high.
Need for analgesic medication	5 and 21 days after fracture reduction	interview with Patient and parents
total range of Motion	6 month after fracture reduction	measurement

Countries

Switzerland

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026