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De behandeling van de verzwikte enkel: tape versus malleotrain [Dutch]
Jongen SJM, Pot JH, Dunki Jacobs PB
Geneeskunde en Sport 1992;25(3):98-101
clinical trial
3/10 [Eligibility criteria: Yes; Random allocation: Yes; Concealed allocation: No; Baseline comparability: No; Blind subjects: No; Blind therapists: No; Blind assessors: No; Adequate follow-up: Yes; Intention-to-treat analysis: No; Between-group comparisons: No; Point estimates and variability: Yes. Note: Eligibility criteria item does not contribute to total score] *This score has been confirmed*

Functional treatment of an inversion trauma, by means of taping the ankle, is a widely accepted method. In a prospective study taping was compared with a new bandage: the malleotrain. Hundred patients were randomised to a treatment consisting of either six weeks of taping or six weeks malleotrain. In the taping group 68% (95% confidence interval 53 to 80%) had very good and good results; in the malleotrain group this was 70% (95% confidence interval 55 to 83%). Of the patients treated with tape 74% (95% confidence interval 60 to 85%) were very satisfied or satisfied, treated with malleotrain 76% (95% confidence interval 62 to 87%) were very satisfied or satisfied. Functional treatment with either tape or malleotrain leads to good results. No significant difference can be found in results nor in judgement between examined groups.

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