Outcomes and Return to Sports Following the Ankle Lateral Ligament Reconstruction in Elite Athelets: a Systematic Review of the Literature

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Authors

Poornanand Goru¹ , Haroon Majeed¹

1. Manchester Royal Infirmary NHS Trust

Conference / event

EFORT 2021, June 2021 (Virtual)

Poster summary

Primary aim is to establish the best treatment options available for lateral ligament injury in elite athletes and assess the average time to return to physical training and return to play (RTP). Secondary aims are to find out the rate of return to the pre-injury level of competitive sports and the reasons for delayed recovery. Our results provide a guide to predict the expected time to return to training (RTP) after surgical repair of lateral ligament injuries along with associated injuries leading to delayed rehabilitation. Lateral ligament reconstruction is a safe and effective treatment for severe ruptures providing a stable ankle with a mean time of 16 weeks to return to sports. The available studies vary considerably in their metrics used for measuring patient-reported outcomes.

Keywords

Ankle lateral ligament, Modified Bostrum repair, Elite athlete

Research areas

Medicine

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Competing interests

None declared.

Data availability statement

The datasets generated during and / or analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.

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Copyright © 2022 Goru et al. This is an open access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.