Because of the absence of radiography and the inchoate state of biomechanics, knowledge of ankle injuries before 1900 was based on clinical observations and cadaver experiments; but the ...

Another common mechanism of injury is when the foot is planted and the leg is twisted inward, whether from an impact or ...

Methods—Injury observers sat courtside to determine the occurrence of ankle injuries in basketball ... missing one week or more of competition and the most common mechanism being landing (45%). Over ...

Use of a fibula nail for the treatment of ankle fractures has ... implant removals, and fracture nonunion when compared to plate and screw fixation, a common alternative approach.

Rockhurst.edu Background Lateral ankle sprains are common and can have detrimental consequences ... was used with the following keywords alone and in combination ‘ankle’, ‘sprain’, ‘injuries’, ...

In general, the side of the ankle subject to compression forces ... by the same indications as for bi-malleolar fractures. Comminution is common, and intra-articular fragments that cannot be ...