Treatment of acute lateral ankle ligament rupture in the athlete: Conservative versus surgical treatment

Sports Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 61-71

  Lynch, Scott A ^a   Renström, Per A F H ^b,c  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE LATERAL LIGAMENT; ANKLE SPRAIN; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; HUMAN; LIGAMENT RUPTURE; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PAIN; SPORT INJURY; SUBTALAR JOINT; SYNOVITIS; TENDINITIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANKLE INJURIES; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; RUPTURE;

EID: 0032925618     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00007256-199927010-00005     Document Type: Article

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