What is Ankle sprain?
What is Ankle sprain?
- Ankle sprain: Damage to the ankle ligaments.
Ankle sprain: Introduction
Types of Ankle sprain:
Types of Ankle sprain:
- Anterior talofibular ligament sprain - most common
- Calcaneofibular ligament sprain - second most common
- Inversion injury - from the foot turning inward.
- more types...»
Broader types of Ankle sprain:
How many people get Ankle sprain?
Incidence (annual) of Ankle sprain: 850,000 annually (NIAMS)
Incidence Rate of Ankle sprain: approx 1 in 320 or 0.31% or 850,000 people in USA [about data]
Prevalance of Ankle sprain:
Approximately 1 million ankle
injuries occur each year, and 85 percent of them are sprains. (Source: excerpt from Questions and Answers Sprains and Strains: NIAMS)
How serious is Ankle sprain?
Complications of Ankle sprain:
see complications of Ankle sprain
What causes Ankle sprain?
Causes of Ankle sprain: see causes of Ankle sprain
What are the symptoms of Ankle sprain?
Symptoms of Ankle sprain:
see symptoms of Ankle sprain
Complications of Ankle sprain:
see complications of Ankle sprain
Ankle sprain: Testing
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Ankle sprain.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Ankle sprain.
How is it treated?
Treatments for Ankle sprain:
see treatments for Ankle sprain
Prevention of Ankle sprain:
see prevention of Ankle sprain
Research for Ankle sprain:
see research for Ankle sprain
Society issues for Ankle sprain
Hospitalization statistics for Ankle sprain:
The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Ankle sprain:
- 0.01% (1,221) of hospital consultant episodes were for dislocation, sprain and strain of joints and ligaments of ankle and foot in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 90% of hospital consultant episodes for dislocation, sprain and strain of joints and ligaments of ankle and foot required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 48% of hospital consultant episodes for dislocation, sprain and strain of joints and ligaments of ankle and foot were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 52% of hospital consultant episodes for dislocation, sprain and strain of joints and ligaments of ankle and foot were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- more statistics...»
Organs Affected by Ankle sprain:
Organs and body systems related to Ankle sprain include:
Name and Aliases of Ankle sprain
Main name of condition: Ankle sprain
Other names or spellings for Ankle sprain:
Ankle ligament injury
Source - Diseases Database
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