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    Management of Ankle Sprains

    TABLE 1
    Classification of Ankle Sprains

    GRADE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS

    I: partial tear of a ligament Mild tenderness and swelling

    Slight or no functional loss (i.e., patient is able to bear weight and ambulate
    with minimal pain)

    No mechanical instability (negative clinical stress examination)

    II: incomplete tear of a ligament, with moderate Moderate pain and swelling
    functional impairment
    Mild to moderate ecchymosis

    Tenderness over involved structures

    Some loss of motion and function (i.e., patient has pain with weight-bearing
    and ambulation)

    Mild to moderate instability (mild unilateral positivity of clinical stress


    examination)

    III: complete tear and loss of integrity of a ligament Severe swelling (more than 4 cm about the fibula)

    Severe ecchymosis

    Loss of function and motion (i.e., patient is unable to bear weight or ambulate)

    Mechanical instability (moderate to severe positivity of clinical stress


    examination)

    Adapted with permission from Lateral ankle pain. Park Ridge, Ill.: American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons, 1997: preferred practice
    guideline no. 1/97. Retrieved September 2000, from:http://www.guidelines.gov/FRAMESETS/guideline_fs.asp?
    view=full_summary&guideline:000854&sSearch_string+ankle+sprains.
    Copyright © 2001 by the American Academy of Family Physicians.
    This content is owned by the AAFP. A person viewing it online may make one printout of the material and may use that printout only for his or her
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    whether now known or later invented, except as authorized in writing by the AAFP. Contact [email protected] for copyright questions and/or permission
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