Does a positive ankle stress test indicate the need for operative treatment after lateral malleolus fracture? A preliminary report

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 449-455

  Koval, Kenneth J ^a,c   Egol, Kenneth A ^b   Cheung, Yvonne ^a   Goodwin, Douglass W ^a   Spratt, Kevin F ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ankle stress radiograph; Lateral malleolus fracture; Magnetic resonance imaging; Preliminary report

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTOID MUSCLE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; JOINT CAVITY; KNEE FRACTURE; LIGAMENT INJURY; LIGAMENT RUPTURE; MALE; MALLEOLUS FRACTURE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MOBILIZATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SATISFACTION; SHORT FORM 36; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TREATMENT INDICATION; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANKLE INJURIES; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMANS; LATERAL LIGAMENT, ANKLE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUPTURE; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 34548424917     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BOT.0b013e31812eed25     Document Type: Review

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