OTTAWA ANKLE RULES (OAR) TO RULE OUT ANKLE FRACTURES After a long series on knee pathology, assessment and exercises, we are going to start with the ankle and foot! Let's directly start with screening: The most famous and best validated screening tool for fractures are the Ottawa Ankle Rules to exclude fractures in the ankle after inversion trauma. Originally, they were also designed to reduce the costs of unnecessary x-rays. According to a systematic review by Bachman et al. (2003) the OAR have

OTTAWA ANKLE RULES (OAR) TO RULE OUT ANKLE FRACTURES After a week packed with exercise vidoes on different pathologies, we are going to finish our assessment series with the last joint(s) - the ankle and foot! Let's directly start with screening: The most famous and best validated screening tool for fractures are the Ottawa Ankle Rules to exclude fractures in the ankle after inversion trauma. Originally, they were also designed to reduce the costs of unnecessary x-rays. According to a systematic