Passive Stretching Does Not Enhance Outcomes in Patients With Plantarflexion Contracture After Cast Immobilization for Ankle Fracture: A Randomized Controlled Trial Anne M. Moseley, PhD, Robert D. Herbert, PhD, Elizabeth J. Nightingale, PhD, Deborah A. Taylor, BAppSc(Physio), Trish M. Evans, DipAppSc(Physio), Gavin J. Robertson, BAppSc(Physio), Sandeep K. Gupta, BAppSc(Physio), Julie Penn, MHA Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Volume 86, Issue 6, Pages 1118-1126 (June 2005) DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2004.11.017 Copyright © 2005 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Recruitment and flow of subjects. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2005 86, 1118-1126DOI: (10.1016/j.apmr.2004.11.017) Copyright © 2005 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Primary outcomes. Data are means and SDs of (A) LEFS scores (maximal score, 80) and (B) passive dorsiflexion ROM with the knee bent and knee straight at the end of the treatment phase (4wk) and at follow-up (3mo). Legend: ●, exercise only; ■, short-duration stretch plus exercise; ▴, long-duration stretch plus exercise. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2005 86, 1118-1126DOI: (10.1016/j.apmr.2004.11.017) Copyright © 2005 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Terms and Conditions