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Ankle Injuries in Football

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Ankle injuries are commonly encountered when caring for athletes. In football, these injuries are extremely prevalent and often require significant time and effort by the physicians, athletic trainers, and athletes in order to properly diagnose, treat, and return the athlete to the field. This chapter focuses on the relevant anatomy, diagnosis, and management of the most frequent injuries encountered by the sports medicine practitioner: lateral ankle sprains, “high ankle” or syndesmosis injuries, and ankle fractures. The use of arthroscopy accelerated rehabilitation protocols, and improved postoperative medical management have allowed for better diagnosis and faster return to play in a spectrum of injuries that have classically kept the patient sidelined from sports for prolonged periods of time.

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Waldrop, N.E., Cain, E.L., Bartush, K., Ochsner, M.G. (2021). Ankle Injuries in Football. In: Farmer, K.W. (eds) Football Injuries. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-54875-9_4

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