They are known as the Anterior talofibular ligament, Posterior talofibular ligament and the Calcaneofibular ligament. Typically, an ankle sprain is a non-contact injury, as opposed to one that ...

accounting for about 25% of all injuries to the musculoskeletal system. The most commonly injured part of the lateral ligament complex is the anterior talofibular ligament (ATFL). Although ruptures of ...

For example, an ankle sprain in football could be described as resulting from an inversion injury, a combined supination-internal rotation moment in plantar flexion that causes excessive loads to the ...

Takakura et al. [5] suggested that the talus is translated anteriorly due to stretching of the anterior talofibular ligament and chronic lateral instability is caused as a result of anterior ...