Treatment of acute ankle sprains in general practice

Completed

Conditions: twisted ankle / ankle ligament injury
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Registration Number: NL-OMON44658

Lead Sponsor: Erasmus MC, Universitair Medisch Centrum Rotterdam

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Completed

Sex: Not specified

Target Recruitment: 169

Inclusion Criteria

- Patients with an acute lateral ankle sprain and visit the general practitioner within three weeks of injury
- Between 14 and 65 years
- Informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

- A history of an injury of the same ankle during the previous year
- A history of a fracture of the same ankle
- No understanding of Dutch language.

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>a) The total number of re-sprains reported after 1-year follow-up.<br /><br>A re-sprain is defined as *an ankle sprain occurring as a result of sports<br /><br>participation or other daily activities and which cause one or more of the<br /><br>following:<br /><br>1. The subject has to stop the sports activity; and/or<br /><br>2. Cannot (fully) participate in the next planned sports activity; and/or<br /><br>3. Cannot go to work/school the next day; and/or<br /><br>4. Needs medical attention (ranging from onsite care by e.g. GP, to personal<br /><br>care by e.g. sports physician</p><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>a) Subjective recovery after 1-year follow-up, measured on a 7-point Likert<br /><br>scale ranging from completely recovered to worse than ever. Patients are<br /><br>deemed to be recovered if they rate themselves as fully recovered or<br /><br>strongly recovered on the Likert scale, whereas those who rate themselves as<br /><br>slightly recovered to worse than ever are deemed to be not recovered.<br /><br>b) Pain at rest and during activity (NRS)<br /><br>c) Function (AFS)<br /><br>d) Return to sport<br /><br>e) Cost-effectiveness of the intervention<br /><br>f) Compliance of the intervention: Subjects are defined to be compliant to the<br /><br>intervention when they have completed at least 75% of the training sessions. </p><br>