Comparison of Plaster of Paris Against Tubigrip for the Treatment of Lateral Ankle Sprains (POPTuLAS)

Liaquat National Hospital & Medical College

Status: Completed

Conditions: Ankle Injuries

Treatments: Procedure: Plaster of Paris/ Tubigrip

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01499966

NRahimnajjad

Details and patient eligibility

About

Until now very few studies have been done to compare the efficacy of tubigrips or plaster of paris in the treatment of lateral ankle sprains, the investigators aim to compare the tubigrip against plaster of paris in the treatment of lateral ankle sprains.

Full description

200 patients were enrolled after meeting inclusion criteria.All patients gave the verbal as well as written consent for inclusion in the study. The hospital committee ethical review board gave the permission for this study. Only 126 patients agreed to participate in the study. After informed consent was obtained the patients were randomized such that each patient was allocated to use either a Tubigrip (Group A) or Plaster of Paris (Group B)using the Block randomization. The patients in TG group receive the Tubigrip treatment and the patients in POP group were given a below knee plaster cast. Patients were instructed to follow up at 2 weeks and then at 6 weeks. The functional score and pain were used as outcomes of the study

Enrollment: 200 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 40 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• age 18-40 years
• grade 1 and 2 ankle sprains
• permanent residents in place of study
• no concomitant bone pathology
• have not been recruited in other trial simultaneously

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with age <18 years
• injury >48 hours, fractures
• multiple injuries
• any neurological or musculoskeletal illness
• any co-morbid associated with long term disabilities
• grade 3 lateral ankle sprains

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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200 participants in 2 patient groups

group POP

Experimental group

Description:

PLASTER OF PARIS

Treatment:

Procedure: Plaster of Paris/ Tubigrip

TG

Experimental group

Description:

TUBIGRIP

Treatment:

Procedure: Plaster of Paris/ Tubigrip