TY - JOUR
T1 - Posterior ankle impingement
AU - Giannini, Sandro
AU - Buda, Roberto
AU - Mosca, Massimiliano
AU - Parma, Alessandro
AU - Di Caprio, Francesco
PY - 2013/3
Y1 - 2013/3
N2 - Posterior ankle impingement is a common cause of chronic ankle pain and results from compression of bony or soft tissue structures during ankle plantar flexion. Bony impingement is most commonly related to an os trigonum or prominent trigonal process. Posteromedial soft tissue impingement generally arises from an inversion injury, with compression of the posterior tibiotalar ligament between the medial malleolus and talus. Posterolateral soft tissue impingement is caused by an accessory ligament, the posterior intermalleolar ligament, which spans the posterior ankle between the posterior tibiofibular and posterior talofibular ligaments. Finally, anomalous muscles have also been described as a cause of posterior impingement.
AB - Posterior ankle impingement is a common cause of chronic ankle pain and results from compression of bony or soft tissue structures during ankle plantar flexion. Bony impingement is most commonly related to an os trigonum or prominent trigonal process. Posteromedial soft tissue impingement generally arises from an inversion injury, with compression of the posterior tibiotalar ligament between the medial malleolus and talus. Posterolateral soft tissue impingement is caused by an accessory ligament, the posterior intermalleolar ligament, which spans the posterior ankle between the posterior tibiofibular and posterior talofibular ligaments. Finally, anomalous muscles have also been described as a cause of posterior impingement.
KW - Ankle
KW - Arthroscopy
KW - Impingement
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U2 - 10.1177/1071100713477609
DO - 10.1177/1071100713477609
M3 - Article
C2 - 23520307
AN - SCOPUS:84876955450
VL - 34
SP - 459
EP - 465
JO - Foot and Ankle International
JF - Foot and Ankle International
SN - 1071-1007
IS - 3
ER -