Management of ankle syndesmosis injuries in the athlete

Current Sports Medicine Reports

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 228-233

  Press, Cyrus M ^a   Gupta, Asheesh ^a   Hutchinson, Mark R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ANKLE INJURY; ANKLE RADIOGRAPHY; BIOMECHANICS; BRACE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REVIEW; SPORT INJURY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ANKLE INJURIES; ATHLETIC INJURIES; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY;

EID: 73349103430     PISSN: 1537890X     EISSN: 15378918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/JSR.0b013e3181b7ec0c     Document Type: Review

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