REVIEW Rehabilitation of ligamentous ankle injuries: a review of recent studies

There are many treatment modalities for ankle rehabilitation. These are reviewed, and the most effective training programme for rapid restoration of ankle movement, strength, endurance, and proprioception is selected. Ligamentous ankle injuries are the most com-mon sports trauma, accounting for 10–30 % ofall sports injuries.1 As most ankle sprains occur during plantar flexion, supination, and inversion,2 3 they are most common in soccer players, but they can also occur in basketball, vol-leyball and all sports that involve jumping and sidestepping.4 Most (85%) ankle injuries are sprains,5 and only a small percentage are caused by ankle liga-ment rupture. These injuries originate from the weaker lateral ligaments in up to 85%, and onl