Performing a comprehensive foot and ankle clinical examination is essential in determining the nature of the presenting complaint. Without the general examination and its corresponding specialist tests, the examiner can miss vital differential diagnoses. Simply relying on positive investigation findings can be misleading, and one must always weigh in the context of the patient’s symptoms and clinical findings during their examination.

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Physical Examination of the Foot and Ankle: Useful Major Sports-Related Aspects

  • Nauman Mushtaq,
  • David Redfern,
  • Paul Batty,
  • Mark Gillett

摘要

Performing a comprehensive foot and ankle clinical examination is essential in determining the nature of the presenting complaint. Without the general examination and its corresponding specialist tests, the examiner can miss vital differential diagnoses. Simply relying on positive investigation findings can be misleading, and one must always weigh in the context of the patient’s symptoms and clinical findings during their examination.