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The ankle, the talocrural region[ 1] or the jumping bone (informal) is the area where the foot and the leg meet. [ 2] The ankle includes three joints: the ankle joint proper or talocrural joint, the subtalar joint, and the inferior tibiofibular joint. [ 3][ 4][ 5] The movements produced at this joint are dorsiflexion and plantarflexion of the foot.
Forceful, external rotation of the ankle joint is the main cause of a Maisonneuve fracture. [4] [7] Engaging in high-intensity sports or falling over can increase the risk of tearing the deltoid ligament or cause an avulsion fracture of the medial malleolus from external rotation of the foot.
Tarsal tunnel syndrome. The mucous sheaths of the tendons around the ankle. Medial aspect. Tarsal tunnel syndrome ( TTS) is a nerve compression syndrome or nerve entrapment syndrome causing a painful foot condition in which the tibial nerve is entrapped as it travels through the tarsal tunnel. [ 1][ 2] The tarsal tunnel is found along the inner ...
Treatment. Physical medicine and rehabilitation. A sprained ankle ( twisted ankle, rolled ankle, turned ankle, etc.) is an injury where sprain occurs on one or more ligaments of the ankle. It is the most commonly occurring injury in sports, mainly in ball sports such as basketball, volleyball, football, and tennis. [ 1]
Hangman. fracture of both pedicles of C2. distraction and extension of neck. Hangman's fracture at Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics online. Hill–Sachs fracture. Harold Arthur Hill. Maurice David Sachs. impacted posterior humeral head fracture occurring during anterior shoulder dislocation. Hill Sachs Lesion at Wheeless' Textbook of ...
A pair of AFO (Ankle Foot Orthosis) braces being used to aid bilateral foot drop. Orthotics (Greek: Ορθός, romanized: ortho, lit. 'to straighten, to align') is a medical specialty that focuses on the design and application of orthoses, sometimes known as braces or calipers. [1]
Genu varum (also called bow-leggedness, bandiness, bandy-leg, and tibia vara) is a varus deformity marked by (outward) bowing at the knee, which means that the lower leg is angled inward ( medially) in relation to the thigh 's axis, giving the limb overall the appearance of an archer's bow. Usually medial angulation of both lower limb bones ...
Pott's fracture. Pott's fracture, also known as Pott's syndrome I and Dupuytren fracture, is an archaic term loosely applied to a variety of bimalleolar ankle fractures. [ 1] The injury is caused by a combined abduction external rotation from an eversion force. This action strains the sturdy medial (deltoid) ligament of the ankle, often tearing ...