Acute and chronic lateral ankle instability in the athlete

Bulletin of the NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 17-26

  Chan, Keith W ^a   Ding, Bryan C ^b   Mroczek, Kenneth J ^b  

^a Sutter Medical Center   (United States)

^b NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANKLE INSTABILITY; ANKLE SPRAIN; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; PLASTIC SURGERY; SPORT INJURY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANKLE INJURIES; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR;

EID: 79952035235     PISSN: 19369719     EISSN: 19369727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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