Elastic stockings or Tubigrip for ankle sprain: A randomised clinical trial

Injury

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1079-1083

  Sultan, Muhammad J ^a   McKeown, Adam ^a   McLaughlin, Iain ^a   Kurdy, Nasser ^a   McCollum, Charles N ^a  

^a MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Score (AOFAS); Ankle sprain; Deep vein thrombosis (DVT); Elastic compression stockings; Quality of Life (QoL); Randomised clinical trial

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; AMERICAN ORTHOPAEDIC FOOT AND ANKLE SCORE; ANKLE PAIN; ANKLE SPRAIN; ARTICLE; COMPRESSION GARMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIMB MOVEMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TUBIGRIP; WALKING AID;

ADULT; ANKLE INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SPRAINS AND STRAINS; STOCKINGS, COMPRESSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 84862901897     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2012.01.026     Document Type: Article

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