Table 1 Secondary outcome measures assessed at baseline, 1, 3 and 6 months, unless otherwise stated.
From: EXACT: EXercise or Advice after ankle fraCTure. Design of a randomised controlled trial
Outcome | Description of assessment |
|---|---|
Number of days to pain-free walking | Participants will be given a calendar to mark the first day they can walk pain-free for 10 meters to calculate the number of days elapsed from the day of randomisation to pain-free walking [5]. |
Number of days to return to full pre- fracture work | Participants who worked prior to fracture will be given a calendar to mark the first day they return to their pre-fracture work to calculate the number of days elapsed from the day of randomisation to return to full pre-fracture work. |
Return to pre-fracture work and leisure | Self-reported percentage return to full pre-fracture work and leisure, where 0% is 'not participating at all' and 100% is 'returned to full level'. |
Ankle dorsiflexion range of motion | Measured using the weight-bearing lunge method [23] at baseline and 1-month. |
Pain | Pain on equal weight-bearing and on stair descent measured using a numerical rating scale (0 to 10), where 0 is 'no pain' and 10 is 'worst pain you ever had', at baseline and 1-month. |
Walking speed | Unaided walking speed over a 10 m distance using a stop watch at baseline and 1-month. |
Physical activity | Physical activity will be measured using the International Physical Activity Questionnaire-Short Form [39]. This questionnaire will be used to classify participants into one of the three activity levels (low, moderate or high) and calculate the metabolic equivalent (MET) minutes per week. |
Global perceived | Perceived effect of treatment will be measured on an 11-point scale from -5, |
effect of treatment | 'vastly worse', to +5, 'completely recovered' at 1, 3 and 6 months. |