Avulsion fracture of the lateral ankle ligament complex in severe inversion injury: Incidence and clinical outcome

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1144-1152

  Haraguchi, Naoki ^a   Toga, Hidekazu ^a   Shiba, Nobumasa ^a   Kato, Fumio ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN POLICE HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Avulsion fracture; Demographic features; Incidence; Inversion injury; Lateral ankle ligament

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANKLE FRACTURE; ANKLE INJURY; ANKLE LATERAL LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; AVULSION INJURY; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CALCANEUS; CAST APPLICATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FIBULA; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENDER; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SITTING; TALUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANKLE INJURIES; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; JOINT INSTABILITY; LATERAL LIGAMENT, ANKLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUPTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34250872357     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546507299531     Document Type: Article

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