Urgent Bite 224 - Walking on your ankle injury

2024-07-26

Weight-bearing at the time of the injury and assessment forms part of the Ottawa ankle rules. Check out the paper mentioned Chien B, Hofmann K, Ghorbanhoseini M, Zurakowski D, Rodriguez EK, Appleton P, Ellington JK, Kwon JY. Relationship of Self-Reported Ability to Weight-Bear Immediately After Injury as Predictor of Stability for Ankle Fractures. Foot Ankle Int. 2016 Sep;37(9):983-8. doi: 10.1177/1071100716648009. Epub 2016 May 9. PMID: 27162225. Check out the original Ottawa ankle paper Stiell IG,...

Weight-bearing at the time of the injury and assessment forms part of the Ottawa ankle rules.

Check out the paper mentioned

Chien B, Hofmann K, Ghorbanhoseini M, Zurakowski D, Rodriguez EK, Appleton P, Ellington JK, Kwon JY. Relationship of Self-Reported Ability to Weight-Bear Immediately After Injury as Predictor of Stability for Ankle Fractures. Foot Ankle Int. 2016 Sep;37(9):983-8. doi: 10.1177/1071100716648009. Epub 2016 May 9. PMID: 27162225.

Check out the original Ottawa ankle paper

Stiell IG, McDowell I, Nair RC, Aeta H, Greenberg G, McKnight RD, Ahuja J. Use of radiography in acute ankle injuries: physicians' attitudes and practice. CMAJ. 1992 Dec 1;147(11):1671-8. PMID: 1362372; PMCID: PMC1336591.

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