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A thorough knowledge of the ankle anatomy is absolutely necessary for diagnosis and adequate treatment of ankle injury. The ankle is among the most prevalent joints injured in sports, the ankle sprain being the most common ankle lesion. The ankle joint is formed by the distal tibia and fibula, and the superior talus. Two ligamentous complexes join the bones that form the ankle: the ligaments of the tibiofibular syndesmosis (anteroinferior tibiofibular, posteroinferior tibiofibular, and the interosseous tibiofibular ligament) and the lateral (anterior talofibular, calcaneofibular, and the posterior talofibular ligament) and medial (superficial and deep component) collateral ligaments. The anterior talofibular ligament is the main stabilizer on the lateral aspect of the ankle, limiting the anterior translation and internal rotation of the talus. Because most ankle sprains occur by inversion, this ligament is the most frequently injured, and it has been involved in the soft-tissue impingement syndrome and the microinstability and the major instability of the ankle.
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Golanó, P., Dalmau-Pastor, M., Vega, J., Batista, J.P. (2014). Anatomy of the Ankle. In: d'Hooghe, P., Kerkhoffs, G. (eds) The Ankle in Football. Sports and Traumatology. Springer, Paris. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-2-8178-0523-8_1
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