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The anterior talo-fibular ligament reconstruction in surgical treatment of chronic lateral ankle instability
- Publication Year :
- 2010
- Publisher :
- Springer-Verlag, 2010.
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Abstract
- Chronic lateral ankle instability causes significant problems in physical activity and accelerates development of osteoarthritic changes. The results of treatment for chronic ankle instability are often meets controversial. A surgical reconstruction of ATFL as described in this paper was performed during the period 1997–2005 on 47 patients (26 male, 21 female), with a mean age of 29.3 years. The average follow-up period was 46.2 months. All patients had clinical examination, X-ray and MRI. The mean values of the Good score improved from an average 3.32 prior to surgery to 1.19 one year after the operation. Paired t-tests showed improvements of great significance (p
- Subjects :
- Adult
Joint Instability
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Lateral ankle
Adolescent
Physical examination
Instability
Young Adult
medicine
Anterior talo fibular ligament
Humans
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
Ankle Injuries
Prospective Studies
Young adult
Prospective cohort study
Original Paper
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
Magnetic resonance imaging
Recovery of Function
Middle Aged
Plastic Surgery Procedures
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Surgery
Orthopedic surgery
Chronic Disease
Female
business
Lateral Ligament, Ankle
Ankle Joint
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....93041df08cca309b50d594ad82ce8f44