Prognostic factors for return to play, version2
Research type
Research Study
Full title
An investigation to identify prognostic factors for time to return to play following acute ankle sprain.
IRAS ID
217870
Contact name
Saed Abdulla Zahir Al Bimani
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Southampton
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 7 months, 1 days
Research summary
Acute ankle sprain is defined as a traumatic injury affecting lateral ligament complex of ankle joint within 72 hours of occurrence and it is very common injury amongst sports and non-sports people. The increased incidence of ankle sprains demands thorough understanding of patients’ characteristics and injury/activity related factors that might affect the recovery following non-operative treatment. Current literature does not provide clear clinical prognostic guidelines for acute ankle sprains. Constructing such guidelines will inform a sound decision on how this injury is better managed and will inform better decision on return to play/ sport.Therefore, this project is conducted to answer the following research question: Among sport people with acute ankle sprains, what is the optimal recovery threshold for time to return-to-play (TTRTP) and what factors affect it?. New patients who attend emergency department with acute ankle sprain aged 18 years and above will be recruited to participate in this study. Participants will be required to complete a baseline questionnaire about their personal and clinical information. They will be also followed up in a period of 8 weeks via a telephone interview to obtain the number of days they took since injury until they returned to sport and factors that helped them return to playing sport. The study will be conducted in the emergency department of Southamnpton Genral Hospital. In a previous study (IRAS: 202053), we found that there is a number of patients (910 patients) attend emergency department following acute ankle sprain between May and November 2015. In data analysis, we found most of those patients were sent home with no follow-up treatment (539 patients) so we hypothesize that discharging patients home might be a potential confounder that is very important to investigate. The whole study may take 6-7 months depending on the number of eligible patients who consent to participate.
REC name
North of Scotland Research Ethics Committee 1
REC reference
16/NS/0138
Date of REC Opinion
22 Dec 2016
REC opinion
Unfavourable Opinion