Two hundred and nineteen patients who had ankle and foot injuries related to sports activities consulted in our orthopedic department between October 1986 and October 1988.
The sports which cause the injury included 52, track-and-field, 45 basketball and 29 volleyball injuries.
Treatment was necessary to 60 in which 34 had a conservative therapy, and 26 had a operative intervention.
Eighty-seven % of the patients who were treated made a comeback to their former sport.
To prevent sports injuries, it is necessary that doctors have a good communication with coaches particularly those who teach young people.
