Assessment of functional treatment versus plaster of Paris in the treatment of grade 1 and 2 lateral ankle sprains

Background Despite the common occurrence of ankle sprains, no treatment is considered to be the gold standard for the management of such sprains. We assessed functional treatment versus plaster of Paris (POP) for the treatment of lateral ankle sprains, with pain and function employed as the outcome...

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Published in:Journal of orthopaedics and traumatology 2015-03, Vol.16 (1), p.41-46
Main Authors: Naeem, Muhammad, Rahimnajjad, Muhammad Kazim, Rahimnajjad, Nasir Ali, Idrees, Zaki, Shah, Ghazanfar Ali, Abbas, Ghulam
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Ankle Injuries - physiopathology
Ankle Injuries - therapy
Calcium Sulfate - therapeutic use
Casts, Surgical
Conservative Orthopedics
Dental Materials - therapeutic use
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Male
Manipulation, Orthopedic - methods
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Original
Original Article
Orthopedics
Range of Motion, Articular
Retrospective Studies
Rheumatology
Sports Medicine
Sprains and Strains - physiopathology
Sprains and Strains - therapy
Surgical Orthopedics
Traumatic Surgery
Treatment Outcome
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Summary:Background Despite the common occurrence of ankle sprains, no treatment is considered to be the gold standard for the management of such sprains. We assessed functional treatment versus plaster of Paris (POP) for the treatment of lateral ankle sprains, with pain and function employed as the outcome measures. Materials and methods 126 Patients were eligible for inclusion. They were assigned to either the functional treatment Tubigrip (TG) group or the POP group after applying block randomization. Characteristics such as age, dominant ankle, and gender were assessed at baseline. Pain and functional assessments were done using the visual analog scale (VAS) and the Karlsson score (KS) at baseline (at the start of the study) and during the 2nd and 6th weeks, respectively. Data on other subjective parameters, such as the number of painkillers used, the number of days taken off work, and the number of sleepless nights, were requested from the patients at the end of the study. SPSS version 16 was used for analysis, and p  
ISSN:1590-9921
1590-9999
DOI:10.1007/s10195-014-0289-8