Ankle ligament injuries.

Ankle ligament injuries.

Injuries to the ligaments of the ankle are often called "low ankle sprains". If the tibiofibular ligament or the syndesmosis is injured it is called a "high ankle sprain". Inversion sprains with injury to the lateral ligaments of the ankle/foot complex are by far the most common. They occur with an estimated frequency of one injury per 10 000 people per day, amounting to about 27 000 injuries e...

Ligament injuries of the ankle joint.

Interventions for preventing ankle ligament injuries.

BACKGROUND Some sports, for example basketball and soccer, have a very high incidence of ankle injuries, mainly sprains. This contributes to ankle sprains being one of the most commonly treated injuries. OBJECTIVES To assess the effects of interventions used for the prevention of ankle ligament injuries or sprains in physically active individuals from adolescence to middle age. SEARCH STRAT...

Functional instability in non-contact ankle ligament injuries.

OBJECTIVES To measure objectively functional standing balance in the acute stages of non-contact ankle sprain, and to compare patients with controls. METHODS A Chattanooga balance machine was used to measure postural stability in patients with acute ankle sprain and uninjured controls over a two week period, in one and two legged stance, with eyes open and closed. Participants also completed ...

Injuries to the lateral ligament of the ankle.

The tendency for the foot to “ give way “ (a complaint here referred to as functional instability) after an ankle sprain has been attributed to a number of pathological processes, among which the most widely accepted are varus instability of the talus in the ankle mortise (Nilsonne 1932, Elmslie 1934, Watson-Jones 1955, Dziob 1956, Wiles 1959, Perkins 1961) and adhesion formation at the subtala...