ArticleBMC surgery2018
Permissive weight bearing in trauma patients with fracture of the lower extremities: prospective multicenter comparative cohort study.
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- The role of early weight bearing in the aftertreatment of unilateral displaced intraarticular calcaneal fractures: a systematic review and pooled analysis.Journal of orthopaedics and traumatology : official journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology · 2025Pooled it
- An overview on the treatment and outcome factors of ankle fractures in elderly men and women aged 80 and over: a systematic review.Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery · 2022Pooled it
- Is an Ambulatory Biofeedback Device More Effective than Instructing Partial Weight-Bearing Using a Bathroom Scale? Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial with Healthy Subjects.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Trial
- Effectiveness of permissive weight bearing in surgically treated trauma patients with peri- and intra-articular fractures of the lower extremities: a prospective comparative multicenter cohort study.European journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology : orthopedie traumatologie · 2024Trial
- Permissive Weight-Bearing after Fixation of Displaced Acetabular Fractures: A Case Series Study.Clinics in orthopedic surgery · 2025Article
- Outcomes of non-operatively managed Vancouver Type B1 periprosthetic femur fractures: a multi-center retrospective cohort study.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2025Article
- Early Postoperative Gait Analysis in Elderly Patients Following Hip Fracture Surgery.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Observational
- Weight-Bearing Monitoring Devices in Lower Extremity Fractures: A Scoping Review.Orthopedic research and reviews · 2025Review
- PATIENT-REPORTED OUTCOMES AFTER PERMISSIVE WEIGHT BEARING IN SURGICALLY TREATED TRAUMA PATIENTS WITH DISPLACED INTRA-ARTICULAR CALCANEAL FRACTURES: A MULTICENTRE, RETROSPECTIVE COHORT STUDY.Journal of rehabilitation medicine. Clinical communications · 2025Article
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- Permissive Weight Bearing in Proximal Humeral Fracture Management: A Survey-Based Inquiry in the Netherlands.Cureus · 2024Article
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- Are the non-weight bearing guidelines for the after treatment of calcaneal fractures still decisive? A Dutch survey among orthopaedic and trauma surgeons.European journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology : orthopedie traumatologie · 2024Article
- Orthopaedic knee scooter-related injury: prevalence and patient safety perception in a prospective cohort with exploratory risk factor analysis.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2023Article
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- Challenges in Talus Fracture-dislocations - A Case Report.Journal of orthopaedic case reports · 2023Article
- Weight-bearing status may influence rates of radiographic healing following reamed, intramedullary fixation of diaphyseal femur fractures.OTA international : the open access journal of orthopaedic trauma · 2021Article
- Factors Affecting Compliance With Weight-Bearing Restriction and the Amount of Weight-Bearing in the Elderly With Femur or Pelvic Fractures.Annals of rehabilitation medicine · 2020Article
- Patient-reported quality of life and pain after permissive weight bearing in surgically treated trauma patients with tibial plateau fractures: a retrospective cohort study.Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe standard aftercare treatment in surgically treated trauma patients with fractures around or in a joint, known as (peri)- or intra-articular fractures of the lower extremities, is either non-weight bearing or partial weight bearing. We have developed an early permissive weight bearing post-surgery rehabilitation protocol in surgically treated patients with fractures of the lower extremities. In this proposal we want to compare our early permissive weight bearing protocol to the existing current non-weight bearing guidelines in a prospective comparative cohort study. METHODS/
designThe study is a prospective multicenter comparative cohort study in which two rehabilitation aftercare treatments will be contrasted, i.e. permissive weight bearing and non-weight bearing according to the AO-guideline. The study population consists of patients with a surgically treated fracture of the pelvis/acetabulum or a surgically treated (peri)- or intra-articular fracture of the lower extremities. The inclusion period is 12 months. The duration of follow up is 6 months, with measurements taken at baseline, 2,6,12 and 26 weeks post-surgery. PRIMARY OUTCOME MEASURE: ADL with Lower Extremity Functional Scale. Outcome variables for compliance, as measured with an insole pressure measurement system, encompass peak load and step duration. DISCUSSION: This study will investigate the (cost-) effectiveness of a permissive weight bearing aftercare protocol. The results will provide evidence whether a permissive weight bearing protocol is more effective than the current non-weight bearing protocol.
trial registrationThe study is registered in the Dutch Trial Register ( NTR6077 ). Date of registration: 01-09-2016.
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