The pattern of injury to the ankle depends on many factors, including the age of the patient, the quality of the bone, the position of the foot at the time of injury, and the direction, magnitude, and rate of the loading forces. In children, the Salter-Harris method still remains the ...
Injury of the child’s ankle deserves special consideration because of possible effects on the highly specialized cartilage cells of the physis. Many anatomic differences exist between the immature ankle and that of the adult, but the essential difference involves the physis but its growth potential....
oInversion in plantarflexion: leads to lateral ankle sprains and injury of the anterior talofibular ligament (ATFL) and subsequently calcaneofibular ligament (CFL) oEversion in plantarflexion: leads to medial ankle sprain (deltoid ligament) oRapid dorsiflexion and eversion: leads to syndesmosis spra...
The anatomy of young athletes with respect to the presence of a growth plate makes their injury patterns different from those seen in adults. The main general injury patterns seen in the feet and ankles of children are related to growth and development or occur from overuse syndromes or acute ...
In children with open epiphyses keep a high index of suspicion for fracture of the growth plate. In assessing the severity of an ankle injury, the history taking offers not only useful information but also an opportunity to gain the patient's confidence, which can help when you come to t...
The roentgenograms of 310 children treated for ankle fractures were evaluated for grouping according to the classifications of Ashhurst-Bromer-Weber, Lauge-Hansen, and Salter-Harris. The mean age of the children at the time of injury was 11.1 years (range 2–14 years). Two hundred twenty-one...
SeeLow Risk Ankle Rule(children over age 3 years old) See ankle bony tenderness above Inability to walk four feet at injury site (e.g. sideline) or at acute evaluation by medical provider FootXRay Indications See foot bony tenderness above ...
“I have the expertise to treat runners and sport related injuries like neuromas and pronation and easily as daily problems such as bunion and hammertoes,” says Dr. Rambacher. “I also treat children of all ages who suffer from flat feet and growing pains in the feet; adults with day-to...
X-rays of the knee, shin, or foot depending on where pain is; children may get a comparison X-ray of the uninjured ankle to see subtle changes in growth plates due to injury. What Home Remedies and First Aid Methods Treat a Broken Foot at Home?
Ankle fractures account for approximately 5.5% (Landin 1983) of paediatric fractures and the distal tibial and fibular physes are common sites of physeal injury (Peterson and Peterson 1972). The potential consequences of ankle and distal tibial physeal injury are leg length inequality, angular and...