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Current Concepts in Ankle Sprain Treatment

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Ankle sprains are among the most frequent injuries related to sports participation. The practice of sports has been rising in both genders and all ages, at any level of competition. As awareness of patient-related and non patient-related risk factors is essential in defining the best approach regarding diagnostics, treatment, and the risk of potential concomitant injury, this chapter outlines the current concepts for ankle sprains.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Amsterdam UMC location AMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Movement Sciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Gwendolyn Vuurberg & G. M. M. J. Kerkhoffs

  2. Academic Center for Evidence Based Sports medicine (ACES), Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Gwendolyn Vuurberg & G. M. M. J. Kerkhoffs

  3. Amsterdam Collaboration for Health and Safety in Sports (ACHSS), Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Gwendolyn Vuurberg & G. M. M. J. Kerkhoffs

  4. Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire, Coventry, UK

    P. Spennacchio

  5. Deptartment of Arthroscopy, The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Birmingham, UK

    L. Laver

  6. Clinique du Sport, Centre Hospitalier Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg

    L. Laver

  7. Ripoll y De Prado Sports Clinic: Murcia-Madrid FIFA Medical Centre of Excellence, Murcia, Spain

    J. P. Pereira

  8. H.P. Orthopedics and Research Centre—International Centre of Sports Traumatology of the Ave, Vila do Conde, Portugal

    J. P. Pereira

  9. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hospital de Sant’Ana, Parede, Portugal

    P. Diniz

  10. Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal

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  1. Póvoa de Varzim-Vila do Conde Hospital Centre, Minho university, Braga-Guimarães, Portugal

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  2. SOS Pied Cheville Bordeaux, Bordeaux-Mérignac, France

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  3. Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Center & Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada

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  6. FIFA Medical centre of excellence Madrid and Porto, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Amsterdam, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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  7. Department of Orthopaedics, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Mölndal, Sweden

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Vuurberg, G., Spennacchio, P., Laver, L., Pereira, J.P., Diniz, P., Kerkhoffs, G.M.M.J. (2021). Current Concepts in Ankle Sprain Treatment. In: Pereira, H., et al. Lateral Ankle Instability. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-62763-1_10

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