ALLMedicine™ Ankle Sprain Center

Dec 3rd, 2022 - Individuals with chronic ankle instability (CAI) exhibit aberrant gait biomechanics relative to uninjured controls. Altered gait biomechanics likely contribute aberrant joint loading and subsequent early onset ankle joint degeneration. Joint (i.e....

Nov 27th, 2022 - Lateral ankle sprains are a common musculoskeletal injury across a variety of activities. Researchers have sought to identify a method to objectively assess joint laxity with a device that is simple to use and affordable. The purpose of this study...

Nov 18th, 2022 - There is limited evidence regarding the assessment of single-item patient-reported outcomes when patients are medically cleared to return-to-sport following a lateral ankle sprain (LAS) injury. To evaluate self-report of improvement in health stat...

Nov 16th, 2022 - Joint deafferentation after post-ankle sprain ligament healing can disrupt sensory input from the ankle and induce maladaptive neuroplasticity, especially in the cerebellum. This study aimed to determine whether the regional homogeneity of intrins...

Nov 12th, 2022 - Lateral ankle sprain (LAS) is a common and burdensome injury. However, the quality of its management is scant. Nowadays, physiotherapy management of musculoskeletal diseases seems to be generally not based on research evidence. Studies that invest...

Oct 7th, 2022 - Approximately 40% of acute ankle sprain would develop into chronic ankle instability (CAI). Chronic ankle instability is characterized by pain, repeated sprains and giving way. Recently, the pathomechanical impairment, sensory-perceptual impairmen...

Oct 7th, 2022 - The ankle is anatomically strong because of the structure of the bones and ligature that make it. Despite this, ankle injuries are the most common type of injury in sports injuries due to the stress and impact of athletes. It is estimated that 25%...

Oct 6th, 2022 - A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Multicenter Study to Assess the Efficacy and Safety of FS-67 Patches in Adolescent Subjects With Ankle Sprain

Oct 3rd, 2022 - In the general population, ankle sprains are one of the most common injuries, accounting for approximately 20% of all sports injuries and the most frequent reason for trauma consultation (4 to 7% of admissions to emergency departments in France). ...

Sep 27th, 2022 - Musculoskeletal injuries account for 15% of all emergency department (ED) visits in the United States. More than 1 million people are treated in the ED every year for an ankle sprain; making it the most common musculoskeletal injury. Most ankle sp...

Nov 1st, 2022 - Editor's Note: The Case Challenge series includes difficult-to-diagnose conditions, some of which are not frequently encountered by most clinicians but are nonetheless important to accurately recognize. Test your diagnostic and treatment skills us...

Jun 28th, 2022 - The FDA approved a supplemental indication for phentermine/topiramate extended-release capsules (Qsymia) for chronic weight management in adolescents ages 12 and older with obesity, defined as a body mass index (BMI) in the 95th percentile or high...

Jun 17th, 2022 - A Florida jury has awarded approximately $7.6 million to a former firefighter who lost the lower portion of his right leg after a doctor’s misdiagnosis, as a story in the Pensacola News Journal indicates.   In September 2016, the former firefighte...

Dec 5th, 2020 - The ICD-9 medical coding system we’ve all relied on for decades will soon change—and it’s not going to be an easy or cost-free transition for most of us. The new system, ICD-10, is a radical departure from ICD-9, under which the number of diagnosi...

Apr 4th, 2019 - CASE A 19-year-old college football player presents to your outpatient family practice clinic after suffering a right ankle injury during a football game over the weekend. He reports having his right ankle planted on the turf with his foot externa.