Biomechanical analysis of ankle ligamentous sprain injury cases from televised basketball games: understanding when, how and why ligament failure occurs

Objectives. Ankle sprains due to landing on an opponent’s foot are common in basketball. There is no analysis to date that provides a quantification of this injury mechanism. The aim of this study was to quantify the kinematics of this specific injury mechanism and relate this to lateral ankle ligam...

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Main Authors:	Emmanouil Panagiotakis, Kam-Ming Mok, Daniel Fong, Anthony M.J. Bull
Format:	Default Article
Published:	2017
Subjects:	Other health sciences not elsewhere classified Injury mechanism Ankle Return-to-sport Inversion Internal rotation Medical and Health Sciences not elsewhere classified
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/2134/25252
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