This prospective randomized controlled trial evaluates the safety and effectiveness of immediate protected weight bearing following surgical fixation of unstable ankle fractures. Participants are randomized to immediate protected weight bearing from the first postoperative day using a Walker boot and crutches or conventional non-weight bearing for six weeks. Functional outcome (OMAS), pain (VAS), ankle range of motion, quality of life (SF-12), and postoperative complications are assessed over 12 months.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
102
Immediate protected weight bearing from postoperative day 1 using a Walker boot and crutches
Standardised rehabilitation after surgery
Hospital Sant Joan Despí Moisès Broggi - Consorci Sanitari Integral
Sant Joan Despí, Barcelona, Spain
Olerud-Molander Ankle Score (OMAS).
Time frame: 6 weeks, 12 weeks, 6 months and 12 months after surgery
Visual Analogic Scale (VAS) for pain
Time frame: 6 weeks, 12 weeks, 6 months and 12 months.
SF-12 quality of life
Time frame: 6 weeks, 12 weeks, 6 months and 12 months.
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