Table 1.
Rehabilitation Program Guidelines
| Week After Injury | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 17 | 19 | 26 | |
| Ankle orthosis a | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| No. of heel wedges | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| No. of unloaded ankle exercises performed 3× | 20 | 20 | 30 | 30 | 30 | ||||||||
| Tensile loading 2 × 20 | 30 N | 75 N | 125 N | 175 N | 225 N | ||||||||
| Walking without orthosis b | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Sitting heel rise | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Exercise bicycle | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Standing double-leg heel rise | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Standing Single-leg heel rise | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Jogging | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Return to sports | Yes | ||||||||||||
a
Full weightbearing as tolerated.
b
Crutches were used until patients walked without a limp.