A mixed methods study to explore the diagnostic accuracy and acceptability of the tuning fork test in the detection of ankle fractures
Aim and methodology: Ankle injuries account for 8% of all minor injuries attending emergency departments in the United Kingdom and the Ottawa ankle rules were introduced to assess the need for x-ray in the early 1990s (Stiell et al 1992). Although the rules are said to have reduced the number of ank...
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University of Portsmouth
2012
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.559229 |