Status:
UNKNOWN
Early Weightbearing and Mobilization Versus Non-Weightbearing and Mobilization in Unstable Ankle Fractures
Lead Sponsor:
University of Toronto
Collaborating Sponsors:
Orthopaedic Trauma Association
Canadian Orthopaedic Foundation
Conditions:
Ankle Injuries
Eligibility:
All Genders
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The primary objective of the investigators randomized controlled trial is to determine if early protected weightbearing and ankle range of motion after surgical treatment (open reduction internal fixa...
Detailed Description
This is a randomized controlled trial comparing early weightbearing and mobilization VS immobilization and non-weightbearing after initial treatment of unstable ankle fractures. The primary objective...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Unilateral unstable ankle fracture requiring surgical stabilization
- Treatment within two weeks of injury
- Closed or low grade open ankle fracture (grade 1 and/or 2)
- Skeletally mature
Exclusion
- Skeletally immature
- Previous ipsilateral ankle surgery
- Bilateral ankle fractures or other major injuries that would affect recovery time
- Grade 3 open fractures
- Inability to co-operate with post-op protocol (advanced dementia, polytrauma patient)
- Non-ambulatory pre injury
- Tibial plafond fractures including articular impaction requiring elevation
- Syndesmosis injury requiring fixation
- Posterior Malleolus fracture - more than 25% of articular surface
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 1 2010
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
June 1 2012
Estimated Enrollment :
110 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01196338
Start Date
September 1 2010
End Date
June 1 2012
Last Update
June 13 2011
Active Locations (2)
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1
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M4N 3M5
2
St. Michael's Hopspital
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5B 1W8