Kyoung Min Lee, Chin Youb Chung, Ki Hyuk Sung, SeungYeol Lee, Tae Gyun Kim, Young Choi, Ki Jin Jung, Yeon Ho Kim, Seung Bum Koo, Moon Seok Park
BACKGROUND: Injury mechanism and the amount of force are important factors determining whether a fracture or sprain occurs at the time of an ankle inversion injury. However, the anatomical differences between the ankle fracture and sprain have not been investigated sufficiently. This study was performed to investigate whether an anatomical predisposition of the ankle joint results in a lateral malleolar fracture or lateral ankle sprain. METHODS: Two groups of consecutive patients, one with lateral malleolar fracture (274 patients, mean age 49...
January 2015: Foot & Ankle International