Abstract:

Footballers in their sports career receive a number of injuries, some of which are repetitive. The most burdened joints – the knee and the ankle and they are at the same time most traumatized. In turn, one of the most common pathologies of the talocrural joint is the distortion and rupture of the anterior talofibular and the calcaneofibular ligament.The trauma usually occurs when trying to steal the ball from an opposing player. The mechanism is by transferring the weight of the body onto one leg with simultaneous inversion of the foot..