Case I.?Balgobind, a Hindustani male, aged 45, was admitted into hospital on the 26th April with a large abscess on the inner aspect of the right thigh and leg, the foot and ankle being at the same time inflamed and swollen. The attack of inflammation followed a sprain of the ankle received about a month before admission. The patient had constant high fever. 27ih.?The abscess was opened this mo...

BACKGROUND Patients with chronic ankle instability (CAI) have demonstrated altered neuromuscular function and decreased muscle strength when compared with healthy counterparts without a history of ankle sprain. Up to this point, muscle volumes have not been analyzed in patients with CAI to determine whether deficits in muscle size are present following recurrent sprain. PURPOSE To analyze int...

Question: What is the effect of an accelerated intervention incorporating early therapeutic exercise as compared to a standard intervention of protection, rest, ice, compression, and elevation after acute ankle sprain? Design: Randomised, controlled trial with blinded outcome assessment and intention-to-treat analysis. Setting: An emergency department and sports injury clinic in Northern Irelan...

CONTEXT High ankle sprains are common in athletes who play contact sports. Most high ankle sprains are treated nonsurgically with a rehabilitation program. EVIDENCE ACQUISITION All years of PUBMED, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, CINAHL PLUS, SPORTDiscuss, Google Scholar, and Web of Science were searched to August 2010, cross-referencing existing publications. Keywords included synde...

Lateral ankle sprains (LAS) are among the most common joint injuries, and although most are resolved with conservative treatment, others develop chronic ankle instability (AI). Considerable attention has been directed toward understanding the underlying causes of this pathology; however, little is known concerning the neuromuscular mechanisms behind AI. A biomechanical analysis of the landing p...