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Acute lateral ankle sprain

Partial or complete rupture of one or parts of lateral ligaments of ankle

- common ankle sprain

Lateral ligaments sprains are the most common ligamentous injuries of the human body

- account for approximately 15% of all athletic injuries

- it is estimated that there is one ankle inversion injury per day per 10,000 people

Most common young males

- average age 27

Structural kyphosis of thoracic or thoracolumbar spine

- characterised by vertebral wedging & subsequent growth disturbance of vertebral end plate

1. Kyphosis > 45°

2. > 5° wedging 3 or more adjacent apical vertebrae

Other features

- Schmorl nodes