Progressive exercise versus best practice advice for adults aged 50 years or over after ankle fracture: the AFTER pilot randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The aim of the Ankle Fracture Treatment: Enhancing Rehabilitation (AFTER) study, a multicentre external pilot parallel-group randomised controlled trial (RCT), was to assess feasibility of a definitive trial comparing rehabilitation approaches after ankle fracture.

Setting

Five UK National Health Service hospitals.

Participants

Participants were aged 50 years and over with an ankle fracture requiring immobilisation for at least 4 weeks.

Interventions

Participants were allocated 1:1 via a central web-based randomisation system to: (1) best practice advice (one session of physiotherapy, up to two optional additional advice sessions) or (2) progressive exercise (up to six sessions of physiotherapy).

Primary outcome measures

Feasibility: (1) partic

SUBMITTER: Keene DJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9693648 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature