Wrist fracture recovery: could guided exercises beat standard advice?
NCT ID NCT07538323
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jul 01, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study tests whether a therapist-guided exercise program helps people aged 50 and older recover better from a wrist fracture compared to usual care advice. Participants will either receive supervised exercises or standard self-management advice. The main goal is to see if the exercise group reports less pain and better wrist function six months after the injury.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- supervised exercise program
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could provide a simple, effective exercise program to help older adults recover better after a wrist fracture.
- What could go wrong
- This is a relatively early-stage trial with 588 participants, and the exercise program may not prove significantly better than usual care advice. Results depend on participant adherence.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- 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 588 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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May 2026
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2029
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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50 years and older
- 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: * Distal radius fracture treated surgically or non-surgically * Willing and able to give informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Injury is more than two months old * There is evidence that the patient would be unable to participate in therapy or a self-guided exercise program provided by a participating center or adhere to study procedures (including cognitive impairment and fracture/surgery complications such as Complex Regional Pain Syndrome) * No e-mail address to receive electronic questionnaires * Open fractures with a Gustilo \& Anderson grading \>1
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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How to take part
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Aarhus University Hospital
RECRUITINGAarhus N, 8200, Denmark
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