5 Clinical Trials for Various Conditions
Does ultrasound increases the success rate and if there is a difference in success rate between placing the local anesthetic centrally versus peripherally.
This study will test the hypothesis that sequential injection of 1.5% mepivacaine followed 90 seconds later by 0.5% ropivacaine in ultrasound guided supraclavicular block provides a quicker onset and a longer duration of analgesia than an equi-dose mixture of the two local anesthetics.
Research study to determine the proportion of cases in which an interscalene brachial plexus nerve block produces hand and forearm anesthesia.
Analgesic drug study that will compare pain outcomes of opioid analgesia and opioid-free analgesia in post-operative orthopedic patients.
Nearly 2 out of 10 women will sustain a distal forearm fracture throughout their lifespan.Recent longitudinal studies illustrate that as many as 1/3 of all persons who undergo closed reduction and casting for distal radius fractures (DRF) go on to develop type 1 complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS). Graded motor imagery (i.e., motor imagery and mirror therapy), a movement representation technique, is strongly supported in the literature as a treatment of CRPS and has recently been suggested as a potential strategy to prevent its onset. Other complications include disability, wrist/forearm tightness and sensorimotor changes. The investigators propose that an early intervention protocol which includes graded motor imagery (GMI) will improve the pain, functional and upper limb sensorimotor outcomes of persons following closed reduction and casting of DRF relative to a standard of care intervention.