Long-term Evaluation of Sports Activity in Patients Whose Ankle Was Treated by Anatomical Reconst… (NCT06945198) | Clinical Trial Compass
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Long-term Evaluation of Sports Activity in Patients Whose Ankle Was Treated by Anatomical Reconstruction or Arthroscopic Repair Following Chronic Lateral Instability
France200 participantsStarted 2025-10-01
Plain-language summary
The goal of this clinical trial is to compare at 5 years the sporting activity of patients whose ankle had been treated by reconstruction or repair following chronic lateral instability. The main question it aims to answer is:
What is the long-term sporting activity status of patients whose ankle had been treated by reconstruction or repair following chronic lateral instability ?
Participants will visit the clinic once every year during 5 years for clinical checkup.
Who can participate
Age range18 Years
SexALL
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Inclusion Criteria:
* Patient, male or female, aged ≥ 18 years
* Patient with chronic ankle instability defined by:
* A history of trauma including a severe ankle sprain.
* Clinical symptoms persisting for at least 3 months at the time of inclusion: pain, swelling, sensation of 'giving way', sensation of instability, recurrent sprains; Clinical tests (drawer test, varus provocation test) confirming grade III laxity; Imaging results (MRI) confirming clinically suspected ligament damage.
* Patient affiliated to or benefiting from a social security scheme
* French-speaking patient who has signed an informed consent form
Exclusion Criteria:
* Patient with deltoid ligament injury, severe fracture or open trauma
* Patient with insufficient ligament remnant and/or in too poor a condition to allow Broström-type repair.
* Patient with a symptomatic osteochondral lesion
* Patient with ankle hyperlaxity (Beighton score \> 3)
* Patient with early ankle arthropathy (Takakura arthritis classification ≥ stage 3)
* Patient with neuromuscular disorders, systemic inflammatory disorders or tumours.
* Patient requiring surgery on both ankles
* Patients with a bony deformity of the ankle or foot on the affected side;
* Patients with professional athlete status
* Patient already included in another study
* Protected patient: adult under guardianship, curatorship or other legal protection, deprived of liberty by judicial or administrative decision