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Ankle And Lower Leg Flashcards

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What does police stand for?

A 
Protection 
Optimal loading 
Ice 
Compression 
Elevation
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2
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Movements available at the subtalar joint

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Inversion and eversion

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3
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6 types of ankle ankle and lower limb injuries

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Lateral ankle sprain 
Medical ankle sprain
Achilles’ tendon pain 
Achilles rupture 
Plantar fasciitis 
Shin pain
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4
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Mechanisms of injury

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Plantar flexion and or inversion

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5
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How can a lateral ankle sprain happen?

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Quick change of direction
Landing on uneven surfaces
Someone else jumping on the foot

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6
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Treatment of a lateral or medial ankle sprain

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Restore full range of motion 
Non weight bearing activity 
Partial weight bearing activity 
Full weight bearing activity 
Strapping May help stability

Restore strength- isometric > concentric > eccentric

Restore balance and proprioception

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7
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Long term deficits of a LAS and MAS

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Decrease in proprioception, balance, dorsiflexion, range of motion

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8
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What does a decrease in dorsiflexion mean for the foot

Terada, pietrosimone and gribble 2013

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Plantar fascia patchy
Patella tendinopathy
Medial tibia pain
Further sprains

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9
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Petersen et al 2013

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Twice as likely to re injure 1 year after injury

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10
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Ottowa ankle rules

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Pain 6cm up the tibula or fibula or on the tip of the malleolous

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How is a medial ankle sprain formed ankle

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Dorsiflexion/eversion

Ie. Foot landing in a hole

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12
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How is a medial ankle sprain tested

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Eversion stress test of ligaments

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13
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What are the 2 main Achilles injuries

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Achilles tendinopathy and achillies rupture

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Kujala, Sarna and Kaprio, 2005

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52% long distance runners suffer this

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15
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Why does injuries occur in the achillies

Sterkenburg and Dijk 2011

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Increased training distances/speed
Training surfaced
Age
Change in footwear

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16
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Freedman, Gordon and Soslowsky 2014

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75% occur in men between 30-49 years old

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17
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What ratio of men to women suffer achillies tendon rupture

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6:1

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18
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What happens when achillies tendon ruptures

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Feels like they have been shot in the back of the leg

No plantar flexion available

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19
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2 fixes for achillies tendon rupture

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Conserservative

Surgical

20
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Why do athletes chose the surgical route

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The conservative route lengthens the tendons and May cause calf muscle atrophy

21
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What is plantar fasciitis

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Over use of the plantarfasia

22
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What athletes or movements is plantar fasciitis common in

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Jumping, running and dancing

23
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How is plantar fasciitis caused

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Excessive pronation
Calf tightness
Lack of dorsiflexion

24
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Where is pain for plantar fasciitis

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In the heel

Tenderness in the medial aspect
of the calcaneus

Tightness of the calf

25
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What is the treatment for plantar fasciitis

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Rest

Calf stretching

Iced waterbottle/golf ball

Taping

Biomechanics correction

26
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3 types of injury

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Acute
Sub acute
Chronic

27
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Example of an acute injury

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Dislocated shoulder shoulder

Overstretching a muscle or a partial/complete tear

28
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Example of a sub acute

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Sprained laterals ligaments of the ankle

29
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Example of a chronic injury

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Elbow tendinopathy

30
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What is the 1st grade of a strain

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Mild tear which hinders range of motion

Mild to moderate pain

31
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What is the 2nd grade of a strain

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Moderate tear with significant loss of ROM

Moderate to severe pain

32
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What’s a grade 3 strain

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Complete tear ‘rupture’

May be minimal pain

33
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What is the 1st grade of a sprain

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Mild tear/over-stretching - no joint instability

Minimal pain, bruising and swelling

34
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What is the 2nd grade of sprains

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Partial tear with some loss of functions

Pain, swelling and bruising present

35
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What is the 3rd grade of sprain

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Complete tear (rupture)

Severe swelling and bruising

Instability to weight bearing

36
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Stages of tissue healing

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Bleeding > inflammation > proliferation > remodelling

37
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Whiting and Zernicke 1998

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Definition of injury

Injury is the damage caused by physical trauma sustained by tissues of the body

38
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Bleakly, Glasgow and Macauley 2012

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POLICE AND PRICE

39
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Whiting and zernicke 2008

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The nature of injury is determined by magnitude, rate, direction, location, duration and frequency

40
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What is macro trauma

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Large magnitude
Short and sudden usually a one off event

Acute

41
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What is a micro trauma

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Small in magnitude
Over a long period of time often repetitive and high frequency

Chronic

42
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What percentage of ankle injuries are sprained

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85%

43
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How many ankle sprains per day are there in the UK

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6000

44
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What are the causes of lateral ankle sprains

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Landing from a jump
Landing or treading on another players foot
Running or change in direction on and on even surface

45
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Mitchell 2016

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Intrinsic factors
BMI fitness previous injury muscle flexibility and imbalance

Extrinsic factors environment temperature equipment and the nature of the sport

46
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Kannus 2003

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Acute phase of healing

47
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Bleakly 2012

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Said that mobilisation of injured tissue should be done it earlier after an injury

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