CPOS – Resources / Research - Canadian Orthopaedic Association

COA 2025 CPOS Research Meeting Agenda

Thursday 12^th June 2025, 7:30AM PST

Welcome & Introduction
Recap of 2024 Committee Activities
- Overview of research initiatives and progress made over the past year
Activities planned
- Get CPOS website updated
- Research survey results for COA bulletin

RECAST Study Update
Canadian Care Pathway for DDH Development Update
Call for Research Proposal
- Invitation to members to present new research proposals or research ideas

Open Discussion & Q&A

Clinical Research Project

May 2017 – Type II SCH study

Principal Investigators: Dr. Christopher Reilly & Dr. Sasha Carsen
Central Coordinating Site: BC Children’s Hospital
Collaborating sites: Halifax, NS; St. Johns, NL; Ottawa, ON; London, ON; Edmonton, AB; Calgary, AB; Quebec City, QC; Montreal, QC; Saskatoon, SK; Winnipeg, MB; New Westminster, BC; Prince George, BC

Aim: Prospectively compare clinical, functional and radiographic outcomes between operatively and non-operatively treated patients with Type II supracondylar humerus fractures.

Null hypothesis: Non-operative treatment is inferior to operative treatment.

Study design: Prospective multicentre observational cohort study

Study arms: