Faisal Fahmy Adam¹, Amna Abdullah Desouky^2,, Esmat Sayed Abd-Elmeegeed²

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.

Pilon, fracture, rehabilitation, exercises, program