Functional outcome after operative treatment for ankle fractures in young athletes: A retrospective case series

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 887-894

  Porter, David A ^a,b   May, Benjamin D ^a   Berney, Timothy ^a  

^a Methodist Sports Medicine ^*

^b The Orthopedic Specialists   (United States)

Author keywords

Ankle fractures; Athletes; Internal fixation; Open reduction; Operative treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE FRACTURE; ANKLE INJURY; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPETITION; FEMALE; FOOTBALL; FRACTURE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MALLEOLUS FRACTURE; MORBIDITY; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PAIN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADOLESCENT; ANKLE INJURIES; ANKLE JOINT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 53649091165     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3113/FAI.2008.0887     Document Type: Article

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