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Clinical Trials/ACTRN12610000979055
ACTRN12610000979055
Completed
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In patients after immobilisation for ankle fracture, is a rehabilitation program consisting of exercises prescribed by physiotherapists more effective than a single session of advice in reducing activity limitation and improving quality-adjusted life years?

The George Institute for Global Health0 sites342 target enrollmentNovember 12, 2010

Overview

Phase
未知
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Ankle fracture
Sponsor
The George Institute for Global Health
Enrollment
342
Status
Completed
Last Updated
6 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
November 12, 2010
End Date
TBD
Last Updated
6 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Sex
All

Investigators

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • 1\. ankle fracture treated with immobilisation (with or without surgical fixation)
  • 2\. immobilisation removed on the day of recruitment
  • 3\. approval received from orthopaedic specialist to weight\-bear as tolerated or partial weight\-bear
  • 4\. reduced ankle dorsiflexion range of motion (at least 30 mm less motion compared to the non\-fractured leg using the weight\-bearing lunge method)
  • 5\. experiences at least 2 out of 10 pain in the ankle when up to 50% of body weight is borne through the affected leg
  • 6\. completed skeletal growth (i.e. no evidence of epiphyseal cartilage in the tibia in x\-rays taken for fracture management)
  • 7\. no concurrent pathologies (e.g. symptomatic osteoarthritis, stroke, other fractures) which affect the ability to perform everyday tasks or the measurement procedures used in this study, and
  • 8\. provides informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria

  • in addition to criteria stated under key inclusion criteria

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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