Treatment of severe ankle sprain: a pragmatic randomised controlled trial comparing the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of three types of mechanical ankle support with tubular bandage. The CAST trial

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Operative treatment of lateral ligament instability

“…Furthermore, 20-40% of all sports-related injuries in the USA are ankle sprains [3]. An ankle sprain is defined as any tear to the ligament in the ankle and can vary in severity, including microscopic, partial, or complete [4]. Eighty-five percent of all ankle sprains involve the lateral ligaments, most notably the anterior talofibular ligament (ATFL) [5].…”

Economic Evaluation of a Soft Ankle Brace Compared to Tape in Acute Lateral Ankle Ligamentous Sprains

“…As in the other studies [5,26,32], the majority of the costs were attributable to the costs due to productivity loss. From an employer's perspective, the soft ankle brace might be preferred over ankle tape treatment: the soft brace tends to result in a quicker return to work or school.…”

The Risk Factors for Ankle Sprain in Cadets at a Male Military School in Iran: A Retrospective Case-control Study

“…Ankle sprain is considered to be a very common type of cadets training injury [17,18]. Further problems, such as instability, chronic pain, are also expected after ankle sprain [19][20][21][22][23][24]. Many researchers studied the risk factors of lower extremity injuries on various kinds of sports.…”

“…Many researchers studied the risk factors of lower extremity injuries on various kinds of sports. Hand dominance, age, body mass index (BMI), skill level, and shoe type have been identi ied as the main risk factors [18][19][20][21][22][23][24]. Differences in the measurement techniques, dissimilar baseline risks associated with different sports, disparities in statistical analyses, the differences in methods of data collection and differences in de initions of injury and severity caused the lack of consensus [2].…”