Ankle sprains are among the most common athletic injuries and represent a significant source of persistent pain and disability. Despite the high incidence of ankle sprains in athletes, syndesmosis injuries have historically been underdiagnosed, and assessment in terms of severity and optimal treatment has not been determined. More recently, a heightened awareness in sports medicine has resulted...

Ankle sprains are common sports injuries. Inadequate foot position awareness is thought to be the fundamental cause of these injuries. Ankle taping may decrease risk of injury through improving foot position awareness. The benefit of taping is thought to decrease with duration of exercise because of poor tape adherence to human skin. This study was a randomized, crossover, controlled comparison...

The biomechanical anatomy of the ankle ligaments continues to be a subject of interest because detailed knowledge of these structures is essential for proper diagnosis and treatment of the injuries affecting them. Lesions to the ankle ligaments are one of the most common sports injuries and the origin of soft tissue impingement syndrome. Together with the ligaments of the tibiofibular syndesmos...

Background Ability of balance maintenance and postural control is important to prevent falling and injuries when balance perturbations occurs during walking. Injuries due to unloading of the base of support in walking and running such as ankle sprain has high incidence. Poor muscle function may put the joint in unstable condition. The association of the unloading and poor muscle function in the...

OBJECTIVE To critically review the current data concerning the efficacy of preventive measures described in the literature, on the incidence of lateral ankle ligament injuries. DATA SOURCES MEDLINE, Sportdiscus, and EMBASE were searched for papers published between 1980 and December 1998. Keywords used in the search were "prevention" in combination with "ankle," "ankle taping," "ankle bracing...

BACKGROUND The Lauge-Hansen classification system does not provide sufficient data related to syndesmotic injuries in supination-external rotation (SER)-type ankle fractures. The aim of the present study was to investigate factors helpful for the preoperative detection of syndesmotic injuries in SER-type ankle fractures using radiographs and computed tomography (CT). METHODS A cohort of 191 c...

NKLE INJURIES are among the most common injuries in sports. Those involving the taioand tibiofibular ankle ligaments are among the most common and debilitating afflictions of the lower leg. Syndesmosis ankle sprains are uncommon and difficult to diagnose because of the subtle anatomical changes involved. When the injury goes undetected, the outcome can be persistent pain and instability that ca...