A biomechanical investigation of ankle injury under excessive external foot rotation in the human cadaver

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 132, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Wei, Feng ^a   Villwock, Mark R ^a   Meyer, Eric G ^a   Powell, John W ^b   Haut, Roger C ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ankle sprain; Anterior deltoid ligament; External rotation; Posterior talofibular ligament; Sports injury

Indexed keywords

ANKLE SPRAIN; ANTERIOR DELTOID LIGAMENT; EXTERNAL ROTATION; POSTERIOR TALOFIBULAR LIGAMENTS; SPORTS INJURY;

BIOMECHANICS; LIGAMENTS; SPORTS MEDICINE;

ROTATION;

ADULT; ANKLE INJURY; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; FIBULA FRACTURE; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; LIGAMENT; LIGAMENT INJURY; MALE; POSTERIOR TALOFIBULAR LIGAMENT; SHOE; SUBTALAR JOINT; TALUS FRACTURE; ANKLE; ANKLE LATERAL LIGAMENT; FIBULA; FOOT; FRACTURE; INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; ROTATION; TALUS; TORQUE;

ADULT; ANKLE; ANKLE INJURIES; ANKLE JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; FIBULA; FOOT; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; LATERAL LIGAMENT, ANKLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ROTATION; SUBTALAR JOINT; TALUS; TORQUE;

EID: 77956866165     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: 15288951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4002025     Document Type: Article

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