DENVER — Patients with minimal or no preoperative tibiotalar arthritis who undergo lateral ankle ligament reconstruction and cavovarus realignment osteotomy may have better functional results and are ...

BOSTON — According to a presentation at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine Annual Meeting, arthroscopy after lateral ankle ligament surgery was more expensive but did not ...

Brian Weatherby, MD, of the Steadman Hawkins Clinic of the Carolinas explains in detail, in a voiceover following the surgery’s completion, the steps of the Brostrom-Gould lateral ankle ligament ...

1 Institute of Sports Medicine, Otto-Fleck-Schneise 10, 60528 Frankfurt am Main, Germany 2 Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, ...

Preventive lateral ligament tester (PLLT): a novel method to evaluate mechanical properties of lateral ankle joint ligaments in the intact ankle.

After spending nearly three years in pain and gradually withdrawing from sports and daily activities, 28-year-old Samuel Tyler can finally walk—and run—without fear. A persistent ankle problem ...

It was Steven Triplett's freshman year at Warren Wilson College and the varsity basketball player for the Fighting Owls was determined to beat the Johnson & Wales University Wildcats. Fifteen minutes ...

The reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) has long represented a cornerstone in the surgical management of knee instability, particularly among athletes. In recent years, however, the ...

Background Painful limitation of ankle movement in athletes is commonly caused by soft-tissue or osseous formations. The impingement syndromes of the ankle are attributed to initial injuries which, ...