eng Science and Education Publishing American Journal of Nursing Research 2378-5586 2018-06-13 6 5 222 228 10.12691/ajnr-6-5-2 AJNR2018652 article Faisal Fahmy Adam 1 Amna Abdullah Desouky abdallha@aun.edu.eg 2 Esmat Sayed Abd-Elmeegeed 2 Orthopedic Surgery Department, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Eygpt Medical Surgical Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Eygpt Pilon fractures often involving a lengthy, sometimes painful recovery time. Aim; to evaluate the effect of rehabilitation exercises program on Pilon fracture outcome. Research hypothesis; the outcome of study group patients will be better than the outcome of control group. Patients and Methods: A quasi - experimental research design was utilized. Setting; the study was conducted in Traumatology Department of Assuit University Hospital. A convenience sample of sixty patients diagnosed with Pilon fracture divided into study and control group (thirty for each). Tools; tool I "Patient assessment sheet", tool II 'Modified Mazur scale [1]". The control group exposed to routine hospital care while study group patients received the rehabilitation exercises program. Results revealed better outcome among study group patients than control group; Mazur score (85.27 ± 8.69 vs. 72.57 ± 13.43), and marked reduction in postoperative complications rate. Conclusion: This study proved that; application of rehabilitation exercises program had a statistically significant improvement on Pilon fracture outcome that was apparent in fewer postoperative complications rate and raised level of Mazur score among study group. Recommendation: Rehabilitation exercises program for Pilon fracture should be carried out on an individual basis from beginning of this fracture to prevent postoperative complications and achieve better outcome. http://pubs.sciepub.com/ajnr/6/5/2/ajnr-6-5-2.pdf Pilon fracture rehabilitation exercises program