title: Posterior ankle pain in dancers.
abstract: Treatment of dancers can be as challenging as it is rewarding. Dancers often have unusual difficulties related to the altered kinesiology required by their individual dance form. A thorough understanding of these movements helps guide the physician to the cause of the disability, particularly in the setting of overuse injuries. This knowledge, coupled with a careful physical examination, is essential for the accurate diagnosis and treatment of the dancer, who is both artist and athlete.
authors.affiliation: Orthopaedic Associates of New York, 343 West 58th Street, New York, NY 10019, USA. maryvelazco@covad.net
authors.forename: William G
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: Hamilton
mesh_terms: D016512:Ankle Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D003615:Dancing / Q000293:injuries*; D006801:Humans; D010146:Pain / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*