Ankle brace vs rigid cast: Return to activity
It is very uncertain whether ankle brace changes return to pre‐injury levels of activity at 4 weeks compared with rigid cast (very low certainty).
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Ankle brace vs rigid cast Time to resume pre‐injury level of activity (days) · children with acute 'low risk' (undisplaced) ankle fractures Interventions for treating ankle fractures in children (2016) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 40 participants | Very low |
Ankle brace vs rigid cast Return to pre‐injury levels of activity at 4 weeks · children with acute 'low risk' (undisplaced) ankle fractures It is very uncertain whether ankle brace changes return to pre‐injury levels of activity at 4 weeks compared with rigid cast (very low certainty). Interventions for treating ankle fractures in children (2016) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 1.36 [1.02, 1.8] | 1 study · 94 participants | Very low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interventions for treating ankle fractures in children 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | list not extracted yet | Not assessed |
Studies behind the findings
None of these reviews ties its included studies to this outcome in the data here. Cochrane reviews and reviews with headline outcomes only do not list their studies yet.
How reviews are matched to this question
Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.