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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

BERNESE ANKLE RULES FOR ANKLE FRACTURES Yesterday we posted about the Ottawa ankle rules which are one of the most famous clinical prediction rules in orthopedic physical assessment. The aim of the rule is to reduce the need for radiographs following an ankle inversion trauma to rule out a fracture of the ankle or mid foot. The Ottawa Ankle Rules are not the only developed CPR for this purpose though. Among others the Bernese ankle rule has been proposed as an alternative. They use an indirect s