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Primary Research (e.g. trial) |
Title (lead author) etc: |
Treatment of severe ankle sprain: a pragmatic randomised controlled trial comparing the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of three types of mechanical ankle support with tubular bandage. The CAST trial (Cooke) 144 pages, Volume 13, number 13 |
DOI |
10.3310/hta13130 |
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Headline: |
Study found that the choice of treatment for severe ankle sprain may affect the speed of recovery but not the long-term outcome and that the decision about which brace to apply should incorporate an assessment of likely compliance and acceptability to patients |
This report should be referenced as follows: |
Cooke M W, Marsh J L, Clark M, Nakash R, Jarvis R M, Hutton J L, et al. Treatment of severe ankle sprain: a pragmatic randomised controlled trial comparing the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of three types of mechanical ankle support with tubular bandage. The CAST trial. Health Technol Assess 2009;13(13). |
Project ref: |
01/14/10 |
Original project title: |
A randomised controlled trial to estimate the clinical and cost-effectiveness of four different methods of mechanical support in severe ankle sprains (CAST) |
Chief Investigator: |
Professor Matthew W Cooke, National Clinical Director Urgent & Emergency Care, Health Sciences Research Institute, University of Warwick |
Project Website |
http://www.warwick.ac.uk/go/ankle |
Start Date: |
November 2002 |
Date of publication in HTA journal series |
March 2009 |
Cost: |
£388,142 |
MeSH* index primary terms: |
ANKLE-INJURIES Q-therapy; SPRAINS-AND-STRAINS Q-therapy; SPLINTS; BRACES (* = Medical Subject Headings) |
MeSH* index secondary terms: |
HUMAN; PROSPECTIVE-STUDIES; RANDOMIZED-CONTROLLED-TRIAL; CLINICAL-TRIAL; EVALUATION-STUDIES; QUALITY-OF-LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES (* = Medical Subject Headings) |
ISRCTN* number: | ISRCTN 37807450 (*International Standard Randomised Controlled Trial Number) URL of this project on the Controlled Trials Website: http://www.controlled-trials.com/ISRCTN37807450 |
NRR* number, if applicable: |
N0484128006 (*National Research Register) The National Research Register was a public database of ongoing and recently completed research projects funded by, or of interest to, the United Kingdom's National Health Service (NHS). It is now an archive of projects from early 2000 to September 2007. Search the NRR archive. |
Project Protocol: |
Project protocol not available |
Printed copies of this title despatched: |
105 (Figures relate to the previous calendar month) |
URL of this page: |
http://www.hta.ac.uk/1309 |
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