title: [Early functional treatment of rupture of the fibular ligament with a personally developed ankle splint].
abstract: The inversion trauma of the ankle joint is one of the most important and frequent injuries. The treatment of recent rupture of the fibular ligament is now a point for discussion. Operative or conservative treatment is possible. The clinical evaluation of instability requires radiological control and stress test. With a new ankle splint we reduce pathological inversion of the ankle joint, so that we introduce a functional treatment. Our experience with this method will be demonstrated. 45 patients more than a half year after trauma reported good-to-excellent results. The objective evaluation shows in 95% good-to-excellent results. A secondary ligament reconstruction was not necessary.
authors.affiliation: Chirurgischen Universitätsklinik, Knappschaftskrankenhauses Bochum-Langendreer.
authors.forename: H B
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Reith
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mackowski
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kozianka
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kozuschek
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016512:Ankle Injuries; D004434:Early Ambulation; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007593:Joint Instability / Q000628:therapy; D008023:Ligaments, Articular / Q000293:injuries*; D008297:Male; D012421:Rupture; D013165:Splints
vernacular_title: Frühfunktionelle Therapie der fibularen Bandruptur mit einer selbstentwickelten Knöchelschiene.