Play Turned Painful: A Teenager’s Tibial Pilon Fracture from A Simple Jump by Victoria M Koniuk, Brody M Fogleman, Lindsay Tjiattas-Saleski

“…Case Presentation: An 18-year-old male presented with severe left ankle pain and inability to bear weight after jumping from a three-foot platform. …”
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Hamstring vs Peroneus Longus Tendon Autograft in Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: A Comparative Study by Khadri M Khalid, Adarsh Vajrangi, Eswara Reddy, Nagesh Sherikar, Rakshith Chakravarthy Harish Yellappa, Ranganatha B Kurupati

“…The PLT group did not appear to have any abnormal ankle joint function according to the assessment of AOFAS and ankle range of motion (ROM). …”
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Identifying the Primary Kinetic Factors Influencing the Anterior–Posterior Center of Mass Displacement in Barbell Squats: A Factor Regression Analysis by Diwei Chen, Dong Sun, Fengping Li, Dongxu Wang, Zhanyi Zhou, Zixiang Gao, Yaodong Gu

“…In the HBBS, they were right ankle internal–external rotation (19.13%), hip flexion–extension (−19.07%), and left knee flexion–extension (19.05%). …”
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Trajectory Optimization of Lower Extremity Rehabilitation Robots Based on Cycloid by Cui Bingyan, Zeng Hongtai, Yang Zhongyuan, Gui Xiaogeng, Li He, Wang Jingwei

“…In order to achieve better rehabilitation treatment effect, trajectory planning of a three-degree-of-freedom lower limb rehabilitation robot is studied, and the motion law of healthy ankle joint is simulated to optimize the trajectory design of the lower limb rehabilitation robot. …”
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Ultrasound stimulated perfluorobutane microbubbles cavitation enhanced the therapeutic effect of colchicine in rats with acute gouty arthritis by Ji-cheng Zhang, Bo Gou, Tian-rui Wang, Wan-tai Dang, Yan-hui Li, Wen Wen, Jian Liu

“…The effect of cavitation on blood perfusion was analyzed by comparing contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) and the area under the curve (AUC) of CEUS with the ankle joint of right hind limb. The AGA symptoms were assessed by referring to the degree of ankle joint swelling within 24 h and the gait score. …”
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Design and Simulation of Flexible Lower Limb Assisted Exoskeletons Based on the OpenSim by Feng Bolin, Song Peng, Li Ruiyuan, Wei Zuba, Li Qiang, Sun Xichang

“…The influence of different joint assisting combinations on human assisting and the influence of the man-machine coupling model of exoskeletons with different spring stiffness on knee joints, hip joints and ankle joints are studied. The results show that the single-joint assisting scheme is better than the multi-joint assisting scheme, and the assisting effect of the single-ankle joint assisting scheme is the best when the spring stiffness increases to 20 N/mm. …”
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Lateral Subtalar Dislocation with Tarsometatarsal Dislocation: A Case Report of a Rare Injury by Samik Banerjee, Mostafa M. Abousayed, Douglas J. Vanderbrook, Kaushik Bagchi

“…At one year postoperatively, he was able to return to his preinjury occupation with mild to moderate pain with prolonged walking. His Foot and Ankle Disability Index and American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society scores were 64 and 65 points, respectively. …”
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Quantitative Effects on Proximal Joints of Botulinum Toxin Treatment for Gastrocnemius Spasticity: A 4-Year-Old Case Study by Veronica Cimolin, Manuela Galli, Marcello Crivellini, Giorgio Albertini

“…Hip and knee joints increased their range of movement and improvements occurred at ankle kinematics and kinetisc, too; a better ankle position and an increase of its capacity of propulsion during terminal stance were evident.…”
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Experimental Study on the Seismic Behavior of a Steel-Concrete Hybrid Structure with Buckling Restrained Braces by Liang Li, Guoqiang Li, Tianhua Zhou

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Using Inertial Measurement Units and Machine Learning to Classify Body Positions of Adults in a Hospital Bed by Eliza Becker, Siavash Khaksar, Harry Booker, Kylie Hill, Yifei Ren, Tele Tan, Carol Watson, Ethan Wordsworth, Meg Harrold

“…Movement data were captured using five IMU Xsens DOTs attached to the forehead, wrists and ankles. Support Vector Machine (SVM) and K-Nearest Neighbours classifiers were trained using five different combinations of sensors (e.g., right wrist only, right and left wrist) to determine body positions. …”
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Polyarticular Septic Arthritis Caused by Haemophilus Influenzae in an Asplenic Patient: A Case Report by Roberto Desarden, Roya Caloia

“…This is a case of polyarticular septic arthritis in a 69-year-old male who presented with syncope and ankle pain. Case report: A 69-year-old male presented to the emergency department after a syncopal event at home and complaining of right ankle pain. …”
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Is There an Association Between Injury History and Lower Extremity Joint Injury During Canada Games Competition? by Umar Yousufy, Nicole J. Chimera

“…Injury from the Canada Games competitions were categorized to include ankle, knee, hip, and patellofemoral joint injuries. …”
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Effects of Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome on Changes in Dynamic Postural Stability during Landing in Adult Women by Chanki Kim, Seunghyeok Yeom, Seji Ahn, Nyeonju Kang, Kiwon Park, Kyoungkyu Jeon

“…The PFPS group had significantly lower hip flexion, internal rotation, knee flexion, ankle external rotation, pelvic oblique, tilt, rotation, and higher hip abduction, knee valgus, and ankle plantarflexion. …”
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Associations of comprehensive dietary antioxidant index with postmenopausal femur bone mineral density and osteoporosis: data from the national health and nutrition examination sur... by Jianbo Sun, Jie Wang, Wu Hu, He Huang, Hongmou Zhao

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A Study of the Importance of Clonus Symptoms in Patients with Tramadol Poisoning by Fares Najari, Anahita Alizadeh-Ghamsari, Maryam Vahabzadeh, Bita Dadpour, Seyed Reza Mousavi, Ideh Baradaran Kayal

“…Results. All patients with ankle clonus were evaluated. Seizures occurred most commonly in patients aged 21–25 years or younger. …”
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Investigations of segmental arterial stiffness in a cross‐sectional study on young adult male trained swimmers, cyclists, and non‐trained men by Masato Nishiwaki, Daisuke Kume, Naoyuki Matsumoto

“…Abstract Contrary to cardiovascular risk reductions by aerobic exercise, arterial stiffness, as assessed by brachial‐ankle pulse wave velocity (PWV), is higher in swimmers and controls than in other aerobically trained individuals. …”
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Effects of Local Heating and Whole-Body Hyperthermia on Neuromuscular and Cognitive Function in Young and Old Healthy Adults by Junli Wang

“…The isometric torque of ankle plantar flexion muscles was assessed as the first study. …”
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Modified minimally invasive chevron osteotomy versus traditional incision chevron osteotomy by Run Tang, Jie Yang, Xiao Jun Liang, Yi Li, JunHu Wang, MiaoLuo Jin, Yang Du, Tong Lu, YiXiang Hao

“…Preoperatively and at the last follow-up, the American Orthopedic Foot and Ankle Society (AOFAS) hallux, lesser toe score, and visual analog scale (VAS) pain were used to evaluate clinical efficacy. …”
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