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. 2023 Jun;28(2):309-320.
doi: 10.1016/j.fcl.2022.12.007. Epub 2023 Mar 1.

Acute Ankle Sprain in Elite Athletes: How to Get Them Back to the Game?

Theodorakys Marín Fermín  1 , Ayyoub A Al-Dolaymi  2 , Pieter D'Hooghe  2
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Acute Ankle Sprain in Elite Athletes: How to Get Them Back to the Game?

Theodorakys Marín Fermín et al. Foot Ankle Clin. 2023 Jun.

Abstract

Despite the high frequency of ankle sprains, the ideal management is controversial, and a significant percentage of patients sustaining an ankle sprain never fully recover. There is strong evidence that residual disability of ankle joint injury is often caused by an inadequate rehabilitation and training program and early return to sports. Therefore, the athlete should start their criteria-based rehabilitation and gradually progress through the programmed activities, including cryotherapy, edema relief, optimal weight-bearing management, range of motion exercises for ankle dorsiflexion improvement, triceps surae stretching, isometric exercises and peroneus muscles strengthening, balance and proprioception training, and bracing/taping.

Keywords: Ankle instability; Ankle sprain; Football; Rehabilitation; Return to sports; Soccer; Treatment.

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Contributions T. Marín Fermín: Conceptualization, Methodology, Validation, Investigation, Resources, Writing–Original Draft, Visualization, Project administration. A.A. Al-Dolaymi: Conceptualization, Validation, Writing–Review and Editing, Supervision. P, D'Hooghe: Conceptualization, Methodology, Validation, Investigation, Writing–Review and Editing, Supervision, Project administration. All authors contributed to the conception and design of the study; acquisition, analysis, and interpretation of the data; drafting the work and revising it critically for important intellectual content; agreed to be accountable for all aspects of the study in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the study were appropriately investigated and resolved. All authors read and approved the final article.

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