At six weeks, four months, and 12 months post-randomisation, the OMAS, EQ-5D-5L, complications, physiotherapy input, and resource use will be collected. The primary outcome measure is ankle function (OMAS) at four months post-randomisation.#A minimum of 436 participants will be recruited to ...
But it did not; a sister in a major hospital, she used her own initiative and took herself off to physiotherapy. After fourteen weeks, she had greatly reduced pain, but the ankle still swelled alarmingly during the day, and walking remained difficult and very restricted, and deep in the jo...
Unfortu- nately they did not clearly define what they meant by minimal treatment, nor they mentioned whether any form of physiotherapy in this group was followed or not. Also because of insufficient comparable data between the included RCT's, it was impossible to include in this ana- lysis ...
In addition, patients in all three groups will receive the same ankle exercise schedule, based on regular existing physiotherapy protocols [Table 2]. Only the first two days after the inversion trauma patients (of all groups) are allowed to take Paracetamol for pain relieve as necessary. After ...
Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Health Sciences, Karamanoglu Mehmetbey University, Karaman, Turkey Hikmet Kocaman & Nazim Tolgahan Yildiz Contributions MY and MC were both involved in the design and supervision of the study. HY completed the writing of the first draft and...
Two researchers did the searches separately and evaluated the selected papers' quality based on the physiotherapy evidence database (PEDro) scale and Cochrane risk of bias tool. They conducted a meta-analysis to examine the interventions' effects on the balance factors. These researchers found 9 ...
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• Inclusion Criteria: “history of recurrent ankle sprain with at least 2 ankle sprains, more than 20 mm asymmetry on the weight-bearing lunge test for ankle dorsiflexion, no history of lateral ankle sprain on the contralateral side, and not receiving any other physiotherapy treatment during th...
LAF = Lateral Ankle Fracture; DTFS = Distal Tibiofibular Syndesmosis; Physio = Physiotherapy; Rehab = Rehabilitation LALS: Lateral ankle ligament sprains NSAIDs: Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs RICE: Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation GDG: Guideline development group NI...
Ankle injuries are one of the most commonly seen musculoskeletal problems both in athletes and sedentary individuals. Physiotherapy and rehabilitation play a critical role to return the patients to their preinjury activity levels. Ankle injuries range from minor sprains to severe fractures, and the reh...