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Disability and Functionality Measures in Patients With Acute Ankle Sprain: A Scoping Review
Andressa Pereira de Souza1, Carolina Santarelli1, Luiza Murakami1
1Physical Therapy Department, Universidade Cidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
Objective:
The purpose of this review was to identify how disability and functionality were measured in patients with acute ankle sprain and present according to the International Classification of Function, Disability, and Health (ICF).
Methods:
We conducted a scoping review of randomized controlled trials including participants with acute ankle sprain. We conducted the searches in 4 databases to identify the studies. The searchers considered the inception of databases up to February 2024, without language restrictions. The process of evidence selection and data extraction was conducted independently. The summarization of evidence was presented according to the ICF.
Results:
We included 49 randomized controlled trials. The most common way disability and functionality were assessed in the included studies was through patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) 35 (71.4%), and the most used PROM was the Foot and Ankle Outcome Score (FAOS). Most of the tools used to measure disability and functionality fall under the participation domain of the International Classification of Functioning, followed by activity.
Conclusion:
Disability and functionality in randomized controlled trials of acute ankle sprain is usually assessed through PROMs. The most comprehensive item of the ICF was participation, followed by activity.
