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The ankle joint is one of the most commonly involved joints in sports-related injuries in athletes. Ligaments and the articular or chondral surfaces are particularly prone to inversion injuries. This is the typical ankle “sprain”, where the foot and ankle turn “inwards”. Other types of ankle injuries in sports can also damage not only the joint surface, but may even include different types of fractures. In any of these cases impingement, or instability, can be the final result as well as mechanical or functional instability.
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Jones, H. (2020). Ankle Injuries. In: Krutsch, W., Mayr, H.O., Musahl, V., Della Villa, F., Tscholl, P.M., Jones, H. (eds) Injury and Health Risk Management in Sports. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-60752-7_25
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