2016 consensus statement of the International Ankle Consortium: prevalence, impact and long-term consequences of lateral ankle sprains.
The Executive Committee of the International Ankle Consortium presents this 2016 position paper with recommendations for information implementation and continued research based on the paradigm that lateral ankle sprain (LAS), and the development of chronic ankle instability (CAI), serve as a conduit to a significant global healthcare burden. We intend our recommendations to serve as a mechanism to promote efforts to improve prevention and early management of LAS. We believe this will reduce the prevalence of CAI and associated sequelae that have led to the broader public health burdens of decreased physical activity and early onset ankle joint post-traumatic osteoarthritis. Ultimately, this can contribute to healthier lifestyles and promotion of physical activity.
University of Kentucky, College of Health Sciences, Lexington, Kentucky, USA.
Phillip A
PA
Gribble
Department of Life and Health Sciences, Ulster University, Jordanstown, Carrickfergus, UK.
Chris M
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9032-9691
CM
Bleakley
University College Dublin, Insight Centre for Data Analytics, Dublin, Ireland.
Brian M
BM
Caulfield
Indiana University, College of Public Health, Bloomington, Indiana, USA.
Carrie L
CL
Docherty
Physiotherapy Department, Hôpital La Tour, Geneva, Switzerland.
François
F
Fourchet
National Centre for Sport and Exercise Medicine-East Midlands, School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough, Leicestershire, UK.
Daniel Tik-Pui
DT
Fong
Departments of Kinesiology and Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
Jay
J
Hertel
University of Sydney, College of Health, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Claire E
CE
Hiller
Department of Kinesiology and Applied Physiology, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, USA.
Thomas W
TW
Kaminski
Department of Exercise and Sport Sciences, Ithaca College, Ithaca, New York, USA.
Patrick O
PO
McKeon
University of Sydney, College of Health, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Kathryn M
KM
Refshauge
Department of Public and Occupational Health, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Evert A
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9227-8234
EA
Verhagen
University of Queensland, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences: Physiotherapy, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Bill T
BT
Vicenzino
Department of Exercise & Sport Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
Erik A
EA
Wikstrom
University College Dublin, School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science, Dublin, Ireland.
Eamonn
E
Delahunt
D016512:Ankle Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D032921:Consensus; D006801:Humans; D007593:Joint Instability / Q000150:complications / Q000517:prevention & control; D010003:Osteoarthritis / Q000150:complications; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D013180:Sprains and Strains / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control
Ankle; Physical activity