Clinical and cost effectiveness of mechanical support for severe ankle sprains: Design of a randomised controlled trial in the emergency department [ISRCTN 37807450]

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 6, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Lamb, S E ^a,b   Nakash, R A ^a   Withers, E J ^a   Clark, M ^a   Marsh, J L ^c   Wilson, S ^d   Hutton, J L ^c   Szczepura, A ^a   Dale, J R ^a   Cooke, M W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANKLE SPRAIN; ARTICLE; BRACE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT MOBILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PLASTER CAST; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EVALUATION; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; MEDICAL PRACTICE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANKLE INJURIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SPRAINS AND STRAINS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 20044369533     PISSN: 14712474     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-6-1     Document Type: Article

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