The treatment of stable ankle fractures: Brace versus Cast immobilizatio
Recruiting
- Conditions
- ankle fractures, Weber B
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON23875
- Lead Sponsor
- - Medical Center Haaglanden- Bronovo Hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 100
Inclusion Criteria
Patients with a stable ankle fracture (type Weber B and less than 2 mm dislocation), between the age of 18 and 75 years old
Exclusion Criteria
- Multiple fractures
- Mental handicap
- Patients not living in the right region, i.e. follow up takes place in a different medical centre.
- Patients who do not speak Dutch fluently
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Primary outcome is the Olerud & Molander Score at 6 weeks.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method - pain<br>- comfort of cast / brace<br>- Range of motion<br>- long term function (using the AAOS foot and ankle score)<br>- health related quality of life using the EQ5D<br>- fracture dislocation<br>- presence of osteoarthritis at 1 year<br>