Lateral ankle sprains: A comprehensive review part 2: Treatment and rehabilitation with an emphasis on the athlete

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 31, Issue 7 SUPPL., 1999, Pages

  Safran, Marc R ^a   Zachazewski, James E ^a   Benedetti, Roy S ^a   Bartolozzi III, Arthur R ^a   Mandelbaum, R ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Ankle instability; Ankle rehabilitation; Ankle surgery; Bracing; Modalities

Indexed keywords

ANKLE INSTABILITY; ANKLE LATERAL LIGAMENT; ANKLE SPRAIN; ATHLETE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; EXERCISE; HUMAN; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATHOGENESIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SPORT INJURY; STAGING;

EID: 0032980343     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-199907001-00005     Document Type: Review

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