Rest easy? Is bed rest really necessary after surgical repair of an ankle fracture?

Injury

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 766-771

  Kimmel, Lara A ^a,b   Edwards, Elton R ^a,b   Liew, Susan M ^a,b   Oldmeadow, Leonie B ^a   Webb, Melissa J ^a   Holland, Anne E ^a,c  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ankle; Early mobilisation; Fracture; Length of stay; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE FRACTURE; ARTICLE; BED REST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALLEOLUS FRACTURE; MOBILIZATION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND COMPLICATION; WOUND HEALING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANKLE INJURIES; AUSTRALIA; BED REST; EARLY AMBULATION; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860713062     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2011.08.031     Document Type: Article

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