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Tuning fork testing on ankle injuries

Not Recruiting

Open to: All Genders

Age: Other

Portsmouth

Medical Conditions

Topic: Musculoskeletal
Subtopic: Musculoskeletal (all Subtopics)
Disease: Musculoskeletal

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Not provided at time of registration

Start dates may differ between countries and research sites. The research team are responsible for keeping the information up-to-date.  

The recruitment start and end dates are as follows:

01 Jun 2009 31 Dec 2010

Interventional

Intervention Type : Other
Intervention Description : The tuning fork test consists of activating a 128Hz Gardner Brown tuning fork by holding the tuning fork by the stem and tapping the weighted tines on the fleshy side of the palm. The vibrating tuning fork is then placed at right angles to the body on both ankles. On the injured ankle this will be at the site of maximum tenderness and then 6 cm proximal (above). On the uninjured ankle the tuning fork will be placed at the corresponding sites on the injured ankle.

The study is a mixed methods study incorporating a quantitative diagnostic test study (the tuning fork test) with qualitative focus groups. The diagnostic test study is carried out once participants have been identifed as having bony tenderness to either malleoli of their ankle or the distal fibula shaft. Once consent has been obtained the tuning fork test is carried out, randomised as to which ankle is tested first. In this study the un-injured ankle is used as a control group. the tuning fork test takes approximately 2 - 3 minutes maximum to complete. The participants then receive the standard ankle x-rays as per current practice. At this visit the participants are asked if the study team can contact them to take part in a focus group within 3 months of their visit. Participants are then contacted by letter and offered a choice of attending a focus group, withdrawing their consent to being contacted or giving permission to be contacted after the three month deadline regarding future focus groups. The focus groups last approximately one hour.




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You may not be able to take part if:


1. Inability to give own informed consent2. Patients who have a history of peripheral neuropathy from any cause3. Patients who are pregnant will only be included if the risk of x-ray is considered to be less than the risk to the foetus from exposure to x-ray4. Patients who are unable to walk prior to the incident will not be included as the OARs are designed to be used in patients who can walk before the incident


Below are the locations for where you can take part in the trial. Please note that not all sites may be open.

  • Emergency Department
    Portsmouth
    PO3 6LY

This information has not yet been provided by the study team. You'll have an opportunity to discuss any risks and benefits that may be associated with this study prior to consenting to taking part.

Mrs Anne Welling
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anne.welling@ntlworld.com



More information about this study, what is involved and how to take part can be found on the study website.


The study is sponsored by Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust (UK) and funded by National Insititute for Health Research (NIHR) (UK) - Central Commissioning Facility (CCF).



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Read full details for Trial ID: ISRCTN18630663

Or CPMS 7442

Last updated 21 July 2016

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