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Syndesmotic Injury Essay

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Syndesmotic injuries are more common in collision sports and those that involve rigid immobilization of the ankle in a boot, such as skiing and hockey. Athletics noted a shift from lateral ankle sprains to syndesmosis injuries in skiers as ski boots became more rigid. They reported 10 injuries in World Cup skiers that all occurred during the slalom event, when the skier straddled a gate, caught the inner ski on a stake, and experienced a violent external rotation force on the ankle and foot.

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