Supervised exercises for adults with acute lateral ankle sprain: A randomised controlled trial

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 57, Issue 543, 2007, Pages 793-800

  Van Rijn, Rogier M ^a   van Os, Anton G ^a   Kleinrensink, Gert Jan ^a   Bernsen, Roos M D ^b   Verhaar, Jan A N ^a   Koes, Bart W ^a   Bierma Zeinstra, Sita M A ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Ankle; Ankle injuries; Conservative; Physical therapy; Randomised controlled trial; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANKLE SPRAIN; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KINESIOTHERAPY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHORT COURSE THERAPY;

ADULT; ANKLE INJURIES; EXERCISE THERAPY; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LATERAL LIGAMENT, ANKLE; MALE; NETHERLANDS; SPRAINS AND STRAINS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35348937649     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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