Recruiting

Continuous Passive Motion

Sponsor:

University of Cincinnati

Code:

NCT04389749

Conditions

Fractures, Bone

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

CPM

Study Details

Brief summary:

The investigators will directly compare the visual analog scale scores and narcotic pain medication requirements in the patients who have continuous passive motion (CPM) versus those who do not during the course of the hospital admission following an open reduction internal fixation surgery for acetabular fracture, supracondylar femur fracture, or a tibial plateau fracture.

Conditions

Fractures, Bone

Study ID

NCT04389749

Start date

Oct 6, 2020

Status verified date

Apr, 2026

Completion date

Jun, 2027

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Jun, 2026

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Age 18 or greater
  • Isolated acetabular fractures, supracondylar femur fractures, or tibial plateau fracture
  • Have undergone operative intervention for fracture

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Injury to either lower extremity that affects the patient's ability to weight bear
  • Under the age of 18
  • Pregnant
  • A prisoner

Study Design

Enrollment

100 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Other

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: CPM

The experimental group will have a CPM applied in the PACU immediately post-op and it will be utilized while the patient is awake in bed for 2 hours on and 2 hours off, when not mobilizing with Physical Therapy (PT). The experimental group will also have traditional PT, including sessions 1 to 3 times a week.

no intervention: No CPM

The control group will have typical care, including working with physical therapy 1 to 3 times a week.

Interventions

CPM

CPM-continuous passive motion device.

Primary outcome measure

  • VAS Pain Score [ Time Frame: Visual Analog Score for pain will be recorded daily after the surgery each day until the patient is discharged or up to 365 days.. ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Kimberly A Hasselfeld, MS

513-558-1933hasselky@uc.edu

Locations

Univrsity of Cincinnati Medical Center

Recruiting

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, 45267

Contacts

Kim Hasselfeld, MS

5137776213hasselky@uc.edu

Henry Sagi, MD

5137776213

More Information

Sponsor

University of Cincinnati

Last update posted

May 4, 2026

Last verified

Apr, 2026

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by University of Cincinnati on 2026-05-04.