Society guideline links: Ankle sprain

Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.

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Links to related guidelines are provided separately. (See "Society guideline links: Lower extremity (excluding hip) fractures in adults" and "Society guideline links: Muscle and tendon injuries of the lower extremity (excluding Achilles)" and "Society guideline links: Lower extremity fractures in children".)

International

●International Ankle Consortium (IAC): Position statements

Canada

●Choosing Wisely Canada: Don't immobilize ankle inversion sprains with no evidence of bony or syndesmotic injury (updated 2023)

●Choosing Wisely Canada: Don't do an ankle X-ray series in adults for minor injuries (updated 2022)

●Choosing Wisely Canada: Don't order ankle and/or foot X-rays in patients who have a negative examination using the Ottawa ankle rules (updated 2021)

United States

●American Physical Therapy Association (APTA): Clinical practice guidelines linked to the international classification of functioning, disability and health – Ankle stability and movement coordination impairments: Lateral ankle ligament sprains, revision (2021)

●American College of Radiology (ACR): ACR Appropriateness Criteria on acute trauma to the ankle (revised 2020)

●American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS), American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM), American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM), and American Osteopathic Academy of Sports Medicine (AOASM): Selected issues in injury and illness prevention and the team physician – A consensus statement (2015)

●National Athletic Trainers' Association (NATA): Position statement on conservative management and prevention of ankle sprains in athletes (2013)

Australia–New Zealand

●Choosing Wisely Australia: Don't initiate plain X-ray for foot and ankle trauma unless criteria of the Ottawa Ankle Rules are met (2016)

●Choosing Wisely Australia: Don't request imaging for acute ankle trauma unless indicated by the Ottawa Ankle Rules (localised bone tenderness or inability to weight-bear as defined in the Rules) (2016)

●Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP): Handbook of Non-Drug Interventions (HANDI) clinical guidelines on exercise for preventing recurrent ankle sprain (2014)