One in Three Patients With Chronic Lateral Ankle Instability Has a Cartilage Lesion.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Chronic lateral ankle instability (CLAI) is associated with the presence or development of intra-articular pathologies such as chondral or osteochondral lesions, or (O)CLs. Currently, the incidence of (O)CLs in patients with CLAI is unknown.

Purpose

To determine the incidence of (O)CLs in patients with CLAI.

Study design

Systematic review and meta-analysis; Level of evidence, 4.

Methods

A literature search was conducted in the PubMed (MEDLINE), Embase (Ovid), and Cochrane databases for articles published from January 2000 until December 2020. Two authors independently screened the search results and conducted the quality assessment using the methodological index for non-randomized studies (MINORS) criteria. Clinical studies were included that reporte

SUBMITTER: Wijnhoud EJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10240649 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature