Effects of the Ankle Flexion Angle During Anterior Talofibular Ligament Reconstruction on Ankle Kinematics, Laxity, and In Situ Forces of the Reconstructed Graft.
Yuzuru SakakibaraAtsushi TeramotoTetsuya TakagiSatoshi YamakawaHiroaki ShojiYohei OkadaTakuma KobayashiTomoaki KamiyaMineko FujimiyaHiromichi FujieKota WatanabeToshihiko YamashitaPublished in: Foot & ankle international (2022)
Fixing the ATFL tendon graft at 30 degrees of plantar flexion results in an in situ force closest to that of an intact ankle and avoids the excessive tension on the reconstructed graft.