Painful ankle and foot of sporting children

peer reviewedWe realized an exhaustive review of literature concerning traumatic and micro-traumatic lesions of the ankle and foot in sporting children. These pathologies are on the increase due to considering the development of sports activities. They are often considered as benign whereas they require an adequate diagnosis followed by adequate treatment. We thus described the 4 groups of pathologies of the ankle and foot in sporting children: osteodystrophies (disease of Sever, Köhler-Mouchet, Renander, Freiberg, Panner and Iselin), talar diseases (osteochondritis dissecans and osteochondral fractures), sprained ankles (benign, medium and serious) and supernumerary ossifications