 Complete answers were received from 00 emergency rooms ( 00% ) , covering the treatment of 000 ankle sprains and 000 muscle contusions . Treatment with RICE was given in a minority of injuries , ice ( 00% ) , compression ( 00% ) and elevation ( 00% ) similarly between injury types . A complete RICE treatment was rarely applied ( 0% ) . Verbal information on RICE and rehabilitation was given in less than half of the cases . We conclude that the acute treatment of ankle sprains and muscle contusions in the Danish emergency rooms is not applied in accordance with consensus from international literature , and that the instruction in rehabilitation should be improved . 