A randomized controlled trial of piroxicam in the management of acute ankle sprain in Australian regular army recruits: the Kapooka ankle sprain study

This is a critical abstract of an economic evaluation that meets the criteria for inclusion on NHS EED. Each abstract contains a brief summary of the methods, the results and conclusions followed by a detailed critical assessment on the reliability of the study and the conclusions drawn. The piroxicam group had a favourable outcome in the long term, both in terms of morbidity and cost. However, the authors sounded a note of caution regarding the instability and lower range of motion recorded in the piroxicam patients.