Open AccessPatterns and Trends of Foot and Ankle Injuries in Olympic Athletes: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Author(s) -
Sudhaa Sharma,
Mandeep Singh Dhillon,
Prasoon Kumar,
Rajesh Kumar Rajnish
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
indian journal of orthopaedics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.434
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1998-3727
pISSN - 0019-5413
DOI - 10.1007/s43465-020-00058-x
Subject(s) - ankle , medicine , foot (prosody) , athletes , physical therapy , injury prevention , poison control , stress fractures , surgery , emergency medicine , linguistics , philosophy
Foot and ankle injuries in elite athletes can result in decreased performance, absence from sport and prolonged morbidity. There is paucity of data on foot and ankle injuries in Olympics athletes.