EXACT: Exercise or Advice after ankle fracture. Design of a randomised controlled trial

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Beckenkamp, Paula R ^a   Lin, C Christine ^a   Herbert, Robert D ^a   Haas, Marion ^b   Khera, Kriti ^a   Moseley, Anne M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVICE; ANKLE FRACTURE; ANKLE PAIN; ARTICLE; BRACE; CAST APPLICATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EXERCISE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANGE OF MOTION; REHABILITATION CARE; RIGIDITY; SAMPLE SIZE; STUDY DESIGN; ADULT; ANKLE INJURY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DISABILITY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; KINESIOTHERAPY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STANDARD;

ADULT; ANKLE INJURIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 79959833207     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-12-148     Document Type: Article

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