Clinical Trial: Immediate Weight-Bearing Ankle Study

Study Status: Not yet recruiting
Recruit Status: Not yet recruiting
Study Type: Interventional




Official Title: Immediate Unprotected Weight-Bearing and Range of Motion After Open Reduction and Internal Fixation of Unstable Ankle Fractures. A Historical Control Group Comparative Stu

Brief Summary: This single-centre historical control group comparative study will compare outcomes of surgically-treated rotational ankle fractures and the current routine practice of early protected weightbearing and range of motion with immediate unprotected weightbearing as tolerated and range of motion after ankle open reduction and internal fixation.