SCIENCE is a study is trying to improve the treatment of children who have a broken bone in the elbow called an ‘epicondyle fracture’.
Read moreYou are free to decide if you want your child to take part
Read moreYour child will either be treated with a cast or splint, or with an operation.
Read moreEach of these routinely used treatments has potential advantages and disadvantages.
Read moreYou and your child can leave the study at any time.
Read moreThe results will be de-identified and available to you online.
Read moreThis study, will compare the two commonly used treatments in a group of 334 children.
All patients will then be followed up in hospital, and get rehabilitation according to the usual practice of the treating hospital, which will include advice about moving the arm, and may include physiotherapy.
This Participant Information Website will help you decide if you’d like to take part. It sets out why we are doing the study, what your participation would involve, what the benefits and risks to you might be, and what would happen after the study ends. We will go through this information with you and answer any questions you may have. You do not have to decide today whether or not you will participate in this study. Before you decide, you may want to talk about the study with other people, such as family, whānau, friends, or healthcare providers. Feel free to do this.
Dan, SCIENCE study doctor