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Systematic Reviews of Treatments for Sprains and Strains
Follow the links below to find summaries of systematic reviews of the evidence for the effectiveness of treatments for sprains and strains.
Reviewed December 2011
5 Resources Found
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| Title: | Therapeutic ultrasound for acute ankle sprains |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Ultrasound, or the use of high frequency sound pulses, is used for treating acute ankle sprains. It is thought that the increase in temperature caused by ultrasound helps soft tissue healing. The review aimed to look at the evidence from studies testing... |
| Date: | Dec 2010 |
| Title: | Chronic lateral ankle instability may be treated with or without surgery |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Chronic ankle instability is common after an acute lateral ankle sprain. Initial treatment is conservative, either with bracing or neuromuscular training. However, if symptoms persist and the ligaments on the outside of the ankle are elongated or torn, ... |
| Date: | May 2010 |
| Title: | Surgery versus conservative treatment for acute ankle sprains in adults |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Ankle sprain is one of the commonest musculoskeletal injuries in active people. It generally involves damage to the lateral or outer ligaments, which connect bones together on the outside of the ankle joint. Treatment is usually either immobilisation of... |
| Date: | Apr 2006 |
| Title: | Different functional treatment strategies for acute lateral ankle ligament injuries in adults |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | When people sprain their ankles, they often injure the ligaments connecting the bones on the side of the ankle (lateral ankle ligaments). The damage might be a mild over-stretching or a complete rupture (break). The three main treatments are plaster cas... |
| Date: | May 2002 |
| Title: | Immobilisation and functional treatment for acute lateral ankle ligament injuries in adults |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Ankle sprains are one of the most common injuries of active people. They are usually treated by either a plaster cast being placed around the ankle so that the joint cannot move, or by treatments that only support the ankle. These are known as functiona... |
| Date: | May 2002 |
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