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Efficacy of Leg Casts With Heel Off-loaded in Children: Open Randomized Controlled Trial
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating custom made splint and standard off-load plaster cast for Orthopedic Disorders. Completed, enrolled 57 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
Assess whether by placing a "custom made" splint with heel in the immediate postoperative period until removal of the cast, the rate of pain, the number of healthcare interventions to maintain the off-loaded heel position and number of pressure sores in children wearing lower limb plaster casts is reduced.
Study Details
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Interventions
Splints have been made by wrapping synthetic bandages around a leg-foot manufactured splint padded at the heel to off-load the heel. When the desired shape has been obtained, the splint is opened and the manufactured device is removed, thus obtaining a device that is used under the casts of lower limbs.
To avoid pressure at the heel placing and maintaining the limb with the cast on cushions or folded sheets so that the heel is not resting on the bed plane