Trial reportClinical rehabilitation2020
Compared to conventional physiotherapy, does the use of an ankle trainer device after Weber B ankle fracture operation improve outcome and shorten hospital stay? A randomized controlled trial.
Trial report in Clinical rehabilitation, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Rehabilitation for ankle fractures in adults.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024Pooled it
- The Benefit of Repairing the Deltoid Ligament in Unstable Ankle Fractures: Patient-Reported Functional Outcome and Radiological Stability Measurements; a Clinical Trial Protocol.Foot & ankle orthopaedics · 2025Trial
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Abstract
objectiveTo compare the functional outcomes and length of hospital stay for patients treated with conventional physiotherapy compared to a new ankle trainer device after Weber B ankle fractures.
designThe patients were randomized, and then followed up at 3, 6, 12 and 52 weeks by a blinded physiotherapist.
settingThis study was done at a level 1 trauma centre. SUBJECTS: One hundred and forty consecutive patients with Weber B ankle fractures that were operated on were screened for eligibility, of whom 113 were included in the study.
interventionsConventional physiotherapy with stretching exercises, using a non-elastic band or using new ankle trainer. MAIN MEASURES: Outcomes were evaluated with Olerud-Molander ankle score, Visual analogue scale for pain and ankle dorsiflexion at 3, 6, 12 and 52 weeks follow-up. Time of hospitalization and complications were registered.
resultsSuperior Olerud-Molander ankle scores were observed at three weeks follow-up in the ankle trainer group 40.9 (10.8), compared to the conventional group 35.3 (14.2) (
conclusionThe patients who were treated with the new ankle trainer device recovered more rapidly, evaluated by the Olerud-Molander ankle score and had a shorter stay in hospital compared to the conventional physiotherapy group. No between group differences could be observed at long-term follow-up.
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