AIR: Ankle injury rehabilitation

Conditions

Topic: Musculoskeletal disorders

Rebecca Kearney, Rebecca McKeown, Helen Parsons, Aminul Haque, Nick Parsons et al. (12 authors)

BMJ2021-07-0536 citations

Ankle injury rehabilitation (AIR): a feasibility randomised controlled trial comparing functional bracing to plaster cast in the treatment of adult ankle fractures

Rebecca Kearney, Rebecca McKeown, Daniel Gallacher, Jaclyn Brown, Dipesh Mistry et al. (8 authors)

Pilot and Feasibility Studies2019-04-178 citations

10.1186/s40814-019-0441-6

Cast versus functional brace in the rehabilitation of patients treated for an ankle fracture: protocol for the UK study of ankle injury rehabilitation (AIR) multicentre randomised trial

Rebecca Kearney, Rebecca McKeown, Siobhan Stevens, Nick Parsons, Helen Parsons et al. (11 authors)

BMJ Open2018-12-0119 citations

10.1136/bmjopen-2018-027242

A protocol for a feasibility randomised controlled trial to assess the difference between functional bracing and plaster cast for the treatment of ankle fractures.

Kearney RS, Parsons N, Mistry D, Young J, Brown J, O'Beirne-Elliman J, Costa M.

2017-03-013 citations

10.1186/s40814-017-0125-z

Interventions

All participants who require ankle fixation will have this performed according to the preferred technique of the operating surgeon. The details of the surgery will be left to the discretion of the sur

the cast may be plaster of paris or fibreglass. Intervention Group – Functional Bracing: All participants in the intervention arm will be fitted with a removable funct

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Aged 16 years or over 2. Ankle fracture for which the treating clinician would consider plaster cast a reasonable management option

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Lack of capacity to consent 2. Unable to walk prior to injury 3. Previous ankle fracture randomisation in the present trial 4. Open fracture 5. Pathological fractures, i.e. known metastatic disease 6. Evidence that the patient would be unable to adhere to trial procedures or complete postal questionnaires 7. Any other lower limb injury (including bilateral ankle fractures and syndesmosis injury requiring surgery, contraindication to cast application) that will affect the primary outcome measure 8. In the opinion of the surgeon the patient would require Close Contact Casting

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Health outcomes are determined using the Manchester–Oxford Foot Questionnaire (MOxFQ) at baseline and 6 months.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Complications are recorded using Complications CRF (created in house, not a validated questionnaire) at baseline, post-treatment, 6 weeks, 3 months and 6 months 2. Health outcomes measured using the EQ-5D questionnaire, the Manchester–Oxford Foot Questionnaire (MOXFQ) and the Olerud-Molander Ankle Score (OMAS) at baseline, post-treatment, 6 weeks, 3 months and 6 months 3. Healing is determined by viewing copies of routine pre- and post-operative x-rays taken at baseline, 6 weeks and 6 months	—

Measure

Time frame

1. Complications are recorded using Complications CRF (created in house, not a validated questionnaire) at baseline, post-treatment, 6 weeks, 3 months and 6 months 2. Health outcomes measured using the EQ-5D questionnaire, the Manchester–Oxford Foot Questionnaire (MOXFQ) and the Olerud-Molander Ankle Score (OMAS) at baseline, post-treatment, 6 weeks, 3 months and 6 months 3. Healing is determined by viewing copies of routine pre- and post-operative x-rays taken at baseline, 6 weeks and 6 months

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Countries

United Kingdom

Contacts

Public ContactJoanne O'Beirne-Elliman

Outcome results

None listed