Background Ankle sprain is one of the most common musculoskeletal injuries in sports.1 Epidemiological data show that acute ankle sprain accounts for approximately 10%–15% of all sports-related injuries, with the majority being external ankle ligament injuries, accounting for about 85%.2 Injury to the lateral ankle ligaments mainly affects the anterior talofibular ligament (ATFL) and the calcaneofibular ligament (CFL), among which the ATFL is the weakest and has the highest incidence of...
