Quality of Life After Surgically Treated Ankle Fractures: Functionality, Pain, and Profile Individuals: A Brazilian Regional Study

The general objective of this thesis was to evaluate and compare the functionality, pain and quality of life (QOL) of active and inactive adult individuals whose ankle fracture (AF) was surgically treated; and the specific objectives were: i) To conduct a systematic review evaluating functional outcomes and the QOL of patients with surgically treated AF compared with the nonfractured population; ii) To compare adult men and women residing in Brazil's interior who were treated with open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) following AF; and iii) To describe and prospectively analyze unstable AF, surgically treated through ORIF, in adults in the Jequitinhonha Valley region of Brazil. Questionnaires such as the IPAQ, MMSE, SF-36, VAS, and sociodemographic and clinical questionnaires were administered. The morphology of the AFs was analyzed according to the AO Foundation and Orthopaedic Trauma Association (AO/OTA) classification system. Of the 86 patients, young men predominated in all variables studied. The most common cause of injury was motorcycle accidents, followed by soccer accidents (p