Can a phone app speed up shoulder fracture recovery?
NCT ID NCT04572022
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This pilot study tests whether a mobile health app with step-by-step exercise videos can help people recover better after a proximal humerus (shoulder) fracture. Sixty adults with this injury will be split into two groups: one gets standard care, the other gets standard care plus the app. Researchers will measure shoulder function and satisfaction at 6 weeks, 3 months, and 6 months.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- mobile health app with rehabilitation videos
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could show that a simple smartphone app helps people recover faster and more fully from a shoulder fracture.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small pilot study with only 60 people, so results may not apply to everyone. It also requires patients to have Bluetooth and be willing to exercise at home.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 60 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Dec 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 58 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Trauma associated proximal humerus fractures, presented at orthopaedic inpatient and outpatient units at Aga Khan University Hospital. * Patient and/or their care providers are voluntarily willing to follow the rehabilitation instructions via mobile application at home until completion of study follow up visits. * Patient agree to participate in very small survey questionnaire in the end of study. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients who in special circumstances requiring special care and handling by expert health care providers. * Patient not willing to participate/exercise at home without physiotherapist support or to participate in survey questionnaire. * Patients who does not have facility of classic blue tooth connectivity for video download.
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