Sprained Ankle

Sprained Ankle



Sprained Ankle

Introduction

The sprained ankle, the joint that connects the skeleton of the leg to the foot, is one of the most common musculoskeletal injuries, both in sports at both recreational and recreational. It is estimated that every day in Italy, occurring about 5,000 cases of ankle sprain. Anatomically, the ankle is composed of three bones, namely the tibia, fibula and the talus; the first two belong to the skeleton of the leg bones while the talus is one of seven tarsal bones. Of all the trauma that may affect this joint, the distortion is to more frequently since this problem is found in about 75% of cases. The trauma is usually caused by excessive stress that article, the typical mechanism of injury is discursive in reverse, i.e. it has internal rotation of the foot, but it is not infrequent occurrence of accidents caused by subversion, in this If the rotation of the foot is outside, in rare cases, there are accidents in which two mechanisms coexist. When the lesion is caused by an inversion are generally interested anterior talar-fibular ligament, the ligament and the peroneal-calcaneal-talar posterior lesions caused by movements in subversion cause lesions of the deltoid ligament. More involved in sports injuries of the ankle distortions are football, volleyball, basketball, football and drag racing, incidence rates are in fact respectively 60%, 55%, 55%, 51% and 40%. In subjects younger than 40 years, the ankle sprain is more easily seen in males who are predominantly injured during the pursuit of sporting activities, exceeded the threshold of age, and is more common in women without which there is close correlation with the sport.

Discussion

In human anatomy, the ankle is the joint formed where they join the foot and leg. It consists of three bones, the fibula, the tibia and talus. The calcaneus and the navicular, but not part of the ankle ligaments send important to it.

The most important ligaments, as are those that provide stability to the joint are:

Deltoid ligament: connects the talus and calcaneus to the tibia and is on the inner side of ankle

Lateral ligaments: are three different bundles, connecting the talus and the calcaneus and fibula. They are on the outside.

Ligaments of the syndesmosis: those who held together the tibia and fibula.

Even in athletics, you can "go through his ankle" ("bend"), a stretching or a (partial) tearing ankle ligaments may occur the. Almost always someone with the knuckle bend outward, allowing the outer ankle ligaments damage can come to. After an ankle sprain often occurs a swelling (sometimes as big as an egg) on the outside of the ankle, and, after some time a bruise to be seen. In a somewhat more severe ankle sprain hurts the movement and loading of the ankle or even impossible.

The ankle is commonly injured in daily activities at work, sports and recreation. The ankle a hinge joint, receives huge loads, especially in the race or sports twist on the ...