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. 2021 Sep 2;92(4):e2021241. doi: 10.23750/abm.v92i4.9962

Table 4.

Ottawa rules for ankle and foot injuries

Criteria Sensitivity % (95% Cİ) Specificity % (95 % Cİ) PPV %
(95 % Cİ)
NPV %
(95 % Cİ)
LR +
(95 % Cİ)
LR –
(95 % Cİ)
Accuracy % (95 % Cİ)
Ankle n=403 LMP 84.62 (73.52 - 92.37) 85.80 (81.62 -89.34) 53.40 (46.36 -60.30) 96.67 (94.24-98.09) 5.96 (4.5-7.9) 0.18 (0.1-0.38) 85.61 (81.80-88.89)
MMP 33.85 (22.57 - 46.65) 96.45 (93.88- 98.15) 64.71 (48.87- 77.86) 88.35(86.42 - 90.03) 9.53 (4.97-18.28) 0.69 (0.58-0.82) 86.35 (82.61-89.55)
WB 95.38 (87.10 - 99.04) 49.11 (43.66–54.58) 26.50 (24.27- 28.85) 98.22 (94.80 -99.41) 1.87 (1.66 - 2.10) 0.09 (0.03-0.27) 56.58 (51.58-61.48)
Ottawa ankle 100 (94.48-100) 45.27 (39.87-50.74) 26.00 (24.18-27.91) 100 1.83 (1.66-2.02) 0 54.09 (49.09-59.04)
Foot n=389 NP 6.12 (1.28 – 16.87) 97.65 (95.42-98.98) 27.27 (9.33-57.73) 87.83 (87.02-88.59) 2.60 (0.71- 9.47) 0.96 (0.89-1.03) 86.12 (82.28-89.40)
5th MP 89.80 (77.77 - 96.60) 97.06 (94.66–98.58) 81.48 (70.34-89.09) 98.51 (96.64-99.34) 30.53(16.46-56.63) 0.11 (0.05-0.25) 96.14 (93.72-97.83)
WB 73.47 (58.92-85.05) 47.34 (41.94-52.81) 16.74 (14.18-19.66) 92.53 (88.47-95.24) 1.40 (1.15-1.70) 0.56 (0.35-0.90) 50.64 (45.56-55.72)
Ottawa foot 100 (92.75-100) 45.00 (39.63-50.46) 20.76 (19.23-22.39) 100 1.82 (1.65-2.00) 0 51.93(46.84-56.99)

LMP: Lateral Malleolar Pain, MMP: Medial Malleolar Pain, NP: Navicular Pain; MP: Metatarsal Pain WB: Weight Bearing, PPV; Positive Predictive Value, NPV; Negative Predictive Value, LR; Likelihood Ratio