Table 2.
Participant timeline
| Outcome | Measurement | Time point |
| Demographic | age, gender, height, weight, ethnicity, smoking, alcohol consumption, date of injury, fracture classification, initial fracture management, pre-injury walking aid use and exercise tolerance, current work status, level of education, place of residence, social support | Baseline |
| Ankle-related symptoms and function | Olerud and Molander Ankle Score38 | Baseline, 3 and 6 months |
| Lower limb function limitations | Lower Extremity Functional Scale | Baseline, 3 and 6 months |
| Pain | Visual Analogue Scale | Baseline, 3 and 6 months |
| Health-related quality of life | EQ-5D-5L score40 | Baseline, 3 and 6 months |
| Fear of falls | Falls Efficacy Scale-International (short) | Baseline, 3 and 6 months |
| Self-efficacy | Self-efficacy exercise score42 | 3 and 6 months |
| Return to desired activities, including work, social life and sport activities | Patient-reported return to activities | 3 and 6 months |
| Walking aid use and distance | Patient-reported use of aids and maximum distance walked on any single occasion | Baseline (recall pre-injury and current status), 3 and 6 months |
| Adherence to exercise | Patient-reported exercise performance | 3 and 6 months |
| Mobility and balance | Short physical performance battery45 | 6 months |
| Ankle joint range | Hand-held goniometry43 | 6 months |
| Muscle strength | Hand-held dynamometry | 6 months |
| Medication usage | Prescribed and over-the-counter medications | Baseline, 3 and 6 months |
| Work disability | Sick leave (days) | Baseline, 3 and 6 months |
| Healthcare use | NHS outpatient and community services (eg, general practitioner, additional physical therapy) NHS inpatient and day case (eg, radiography, readmissions) Private healthcare services |
3 and 6 months |
| Out-of-pocket expenses | Patient-related out-of-pocket expenses recording form | 3 and 6 months |
| Adverse events | Patient-reported adverse events | 3 and 6 months |
NHS, National Health Service.