Open AccessThe ankle syndesmosis pivot shift “Are we reviving the ACL story?”
Author(s) -
Tampere Thomas,
D’Hooghe Pieter
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.806
H-Index - 125
eISSN - 1433-7347
pISSN - 0942-2056
DOI - 10.1007/s00167-020-06008-2
Subject(s) - syndesmosis , ankle injury , ankle , medicine , anterior cruciate ligament , mechanism (biology) , ankle sprain , physical medicine and rehabilitation , physical therapy , surgery , philosophy , tibia , epistemology , fibula
In recent literature, there is a growing interest for the high ankle sprain with emerging evidence on biomechanical behavior, function, injury, and treatment. Interpretation of emerging publications on the distal tibiofibular syndesmosis may raise questions about striking similarities with the anterior cruciate ligament function and pivot‐shift mechanism of injury in the knee. This editorial note puts to question whether identical entities, a continuum or separate injuries are faced by contemplating on the mechanism of injury, diagnostics, treatment, and outcome.