A Mobile Recovery Guidance App for Children and Young Adults With Acute Ankle Inversion Injuries

Launched by NAVEEN POONAI · Mar 15, 2023

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ClinConnect Summary

This clinical trial is studying a new smartphone app designed to help children and young adults who have suffered an ankle sprain, which is a common injury that can cause pain and limit activity. The goal is to see if using this app, which provides helpful information and reminders for managing their recovery, leads to better outcomes compared to just using a paper handout. The researchers want to find out if the app helps participants feel less pain, move better, and get back to their usual activities more quickly.

To be eligible for this study, participants should be between the ages of 12 and 30 and have a recent ankle injury that happened within the last 48 hours. They must be able to use a smartphone with WiFi, and they should be able to read and understand English at a basic level. Participants will receive guidance through the app and will learn how to manage their recovery effectively. This trial is currently looking for volunteers, so if you or someone you know fits the criteria, it could be a great opportunity to help improve recovery methods for ankle sprains.

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Age 12-30 years
• • Presenting to the Paediatric Emergency Department of the Children's Hospital or Adult Emergency Department, London Health Sciences Centre, London, or ntario, St. Joseph Urgent Care Centre, London, Ontario, with a unilateral acute (\<= 48 hours) ankle injury based on clinical diagnosis by ED physician
• • Able to use a WiFi enabled smartphone with either an iOS or Android operating system with enough memory capability to host the App.
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Unable to read or understand English above at least a grade 8 literacy level in the absence of a native language interpreter
• • Not independently ambulatory prior to injury (without the use of an assistive device)
• • Developmental disability precluding the full comprehension of study-related procedures
• • Multi-system or multi-limb injuries
• • Concomitant radiographically proven lower extremity fracture or dislocation (with the exception of a suspected Salter-Harris type I injury)