This study aimed to investigate the nature of life impacts following ankle fractures with the intention of describing a thematic conceptual framework based on these lived experiences of people who ...

Background Ankle fractures are one of the more commonly occurring forms of trauma managed by orthopaedic teams worldwide. The impacts of these injuries are not restricted to pain and disability ...

Medically reviewed by Oluseun Olufade, MD A sprained ankle occurs when the ankle's ligaments—the tissues that connect the ...

The foot and ankle were immobilized in a non-weight ... may cause arteriovenous shunting, and may lead to bone resorption, weakening, fracture, and deformation with continued walking.

85% of all ankle injuries concern the lateral ankle complex. However differential diagnosis suggests the examination of fractures such as at the malleolus, fifth metatarsal, navicular, anterior ...

Ankle pain can result from an ankle fracture. Ankle fractures can range from tiny cracks in a bone (stress fracture), to a ...

detecting occult fractures not revealed on radiographs, and diagnosing bone stress injury before radiographic changes. Sonographic evaluation of bone, however, has limitations and should always be ...