Clinical Research Directory

Phase I - Diagnostic phase Inclusion criteria In order to be eligible to participate in Phase I of the study, a subject must meet all of the following criteria: 1. Adults (18 years or older) who visit the emergency department of the VieCuri Medical Center Venlo with a clinically suspected scaphoid fracture due to a trauma (\<1 week after trauma). 2. Patients who understand the conditions of the study and are willing and able to comply with the scheduled radiographic evaluations and the prescribed treatment and rehabilitation. 3. Patients who signed the Ethics Committee approved specific informed consent form prior to inclusion. Exclusion criteria A potential subject who meets the following criterion will be excluded from participation in this study: 1. Patients, who as judged by the principal investigator, are mentally compromised or are unlikely to be compliant with the follow-up evaluations schedule. 2. Patients with a scaphoid fracture at the ipsilateral side in medical history 3. Pregnancy. Phase II - Follow-up phase Inclusion criteria In order to be eligible to participate in Phase II of the study, a subject must meet all of the following criteria: 1. Patients who completed Phase I of the study and have a radiographically confirmed scaphoid fracture on CT or HR-pQCT. 2. Patients who signed the Ethics Committee approved specific informed consent form prior to inclusion. 3. Conservatively treated scaphoid fractures. Exclusion criteria A potential subject who meets the following criterion will be excluded from participation in this study: 1. Patients, who as judged by the principal investigator, are mentally compromised or are unlikely to be compliant with the follow-up evaluations schedule. 2. Pregnancy