Optimising mobility after ankle fracture in older adults: a multi-centre pilot randomised controlled trial

niversity of Oxford0 sites61 target enrollmentJuly 31, 2018

Overview

2019 Protocol article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31678945/ protocol (added 27/10/2020) 2022 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36424115/ Primary outcomes (added 25/11/2022) 2023 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37487681/ Results of embedded qualitative substudy (added 25/07/2023)

Registry

who.int

Start Date

July 31, 2018

End Date

April 24, 2020

Last Updated

2 years ago

Study Type

Interventional

Sex

All

Sponsor

•1\. Adults aged 50 years or over with an ankle fracture
•2\. Undergoing surgical fixation, or conservative management involving ankle immobilisation for at least 4 weeks

•Patients who:
•1\. Are unable to understand spoken and written English
•2\. Do not have capacity to consent to study participation
•3\. Who were not ambulatory prior to the injury
•4\. Who are considered inappropriate for referral to physiotherapy (in the opinion of the clinician)
•5\. Who are unable to attend outpatient physiotherapy at a participating centre
•6\. With serious concomitant disease (such as terminal illness)
•7\. With avulsion fractures or other fractures not requiring surgery or immobilisation for definitive management
•8\. With bilateral lower limb fractures