Foot and Ankle Surgery
Volume 16, Issue 1 , Pages 45-49 , March 2010

Overuse ankle injuries in professional Irish dancers

  • R.J. Walls, MB, MRCSI, MFSEM

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Cappagh National Orthopaedic Hospital, Finglas, Dublin, Ireland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Professorial Unit, Cappagh National Orthopaedic Hospital, Dublin 11, Ireland. Tel.: +353 87 2963651; fax: +353 1 4419405.
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  • S.A. Brennan, MB, MRCSI

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Cappagh National Orthopaedic Hospital, Finglas, Dublin, Ireland
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  • P. Hodnett, MB, MRCPI, FFR

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Cappagh National Orthopaedic Hospital, Finglas, Dublin, Ireland
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  • J.M. O’Byrne, MCh, FRCSI, FRCS (Tr. & Ortho.), FFSEM

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Cappagh National Orthopaedic Hospital, Finglas, Dublin, Ireland
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  • S.J. Eustace, MB, MRCPI, FFR, FRCR, FFSEM

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Cappagh National Orthopaedic Hospital, Finglas, Dublin, Ireland
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  • M.M. Stephens, MSc (Bioeng), FRCSI

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Cappagh National Orthopaedic Hospital, Finglas, Dublin, Ireland

Received 15 December 2008 ,Revised 29 April 2009 ,Accepted 3 May 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.fas.2009.05.003

Foot and Ankle Surgery
Volume 16, Issue 1 , Pages 45-49 , March 2010

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