Medically reviewed by Jordana Haber Hazan, MD A sprained ankle and a broken ankle can cause similar symptoms and even result from similar causes. However, they are very different conditions. A break ...

Fractures in which anatomic position ... screw just above the inferior tibiofibular joint. Care must be taken to fix the syndesmosis with the ankle in maximum dorsiflexion to avoid compromise ...

"This remains a major concern of ankle fusion surgery; that it predisposes patients to developing adjacent joint degeneration ... intra-operative fracture, wound infection requiring additional ...

The point of this study was to examine if early weight bearing after an ankle fracture was safe ... preventing muscle deconditioning, improving joint range of motion and allowing an earlier ...

Normal alignment of metatarsal bones and tarsometatarsal joint was maintained ... on walking and at eversion or planter flexion of the ankle. Radiography and computed tomography showed an avulsion ...

"The point of this study was to examine if early weight bearing after an ankle fracture was safe," study ... muscle deconditioning, improving joint range of motion and allowing an earlier return ...

Correspondence to Dr Janice Kaye Loudon, Department of Physical Therapy Education, Rockhurst University, 10121 Delmar, Overland Park, KS 66207, USA; janice.loudon{at}Rockhurst.edu Background Lateral ...

Ideally, the joint above and the joint ... on the lateral and medial aspects of the limb. Ankle tape stirrups can aid in stabilizing tarsometatarsal fractures (Fig. 1). The distal teeth of the ...