Various types of re-alignment surgery are used to preserve the ankle joint in cases of intermediate ankle arthritis with partial joint space narrowing.The short-term and mid-term results after re-alignment surgery are promising, with substantial post-operative pain relief and functional improvement that is reflected by high rates of patient satisfaction.In this context, re-alignment surgery can...

Synovial chondromatosis (SC) or joint chondroma is a rare benign cause of ankle swelling, There is a presence of multiple cartilaginous nodules or loose bodies in the synovium of the joints, tendon sheaths, ganglion, periarticular area and bursa. Most commonly it involves large joints, such as the knee, elbow, hip and shoulder. However, it is quite unusual and rare in the ankle joint .The diagn...

Abstract Medical rehabilitation treatments are carried out to reinstate physical disorders caused from an injury or stroke. Robots can significantly assist the therapist to carry out an effortless and yet controlled rehabilitation program simultaneously on a number of patients to save on time and efforts of both the therapist and the patient. Ankle joint injuries, due to their complexities and ...

Materials and method The static range of ankle joint dorsiflexion was measured with the knee flexed and extended (n=100). Dynamic foot kinematics were measured for the tibia, calcaneus, midfoot, lateral forefoot, medial forefoot and hallux, and 13 parameters derived to characterise foot kinematics (right foot only). The relationship between static range of ankle joint dorsiflexion and sagittal ...

  Osteochondritis dissecans (OCD) is a common joint disorder in knee, ankle and elbow, however it can be rarely found in glenohumeral joint. In this study, we report an asymptomatic case of humeral head OCD, which was detected incidentally following a trauma. X-rays showed an area of lucency around an oval bony fragment measuring about 1 cm on the superior aspect of the humeral head. However, ...

OBJECTIVES External ankle support has been successfully used to prevent ankle sprains. However, some recent studies have indicated that reducing ankle range of motion can place larger loads on the knee. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of external ankle support (braces and high-top shoes) on the ankle and knee joint loading during a netball specific landing task. DESIGN A r...

This study investigated the energetics of the human ankle during the stance phase of downhill walking with the goal of modeling ankle behavior with a passive spring and damper mechanism. Kinematic and kinetic data were collected on eight male participants while walking down a ramp with inclination varying from 0° to 8°. The ankle joint moment in the sagittal plane was calculated using inverse d...