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28,000 ankle sprains occur daily in the US (Kaminski 2013)
Ankle is the 2nd most commonly injured body site. (Ferran 2006)
Ankle sprains are the most common type of ankle injury. (Ferran 2006)
A sprained ankle can happen to athletes and non-athletes,
children and adults.
Inversion injury most common mechanism (Ferran 2006)
Only risk factor is previous ankle sprain (Ferran 2006)
Sex , generalized joint laxity or anatomical foot types are
not risk factors. (Beynnon et al. 2002 )
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