What Is the Clinical Course of Acute Ankle Sprains? A Systematic Literature Review

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  van Rijn, Rogier M ^a   van Os, Anton G ^a   Bernsen, Roos M D ^b   Luijsterburg, Pim A ^a   Koes, Bart W ^a   Bierma Zeinstra, Sita M A ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Ankle; Ankle injury; Ankle sprain; Clinical course; Lateral ligament; Review literature

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ANKLE INSTABILITY; ANKLE LATERAL LIGAMENT; ANKLE SPRAIN; ARTICLE; CINAHL; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COMPRESSION BANDAGE; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE COURSE; EMBASE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MEDLINE; PAIN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 40949163363     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2007.11.018     Document Type: Article

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