The goal of this clinical trial is to compare at 5 years the sporting activity of patients whose ankle had been treated by reconstruction or repair following chronic lateral instability. The main question it aims to answer is:
What is the long-term sporting activity status of patients whose ankle had been treated by reconstruction or repair following chronic lateral instability ?
Participants will visit the clinic once every year during 5 years for clinical checkup.
Patient, male or female, aged ≥ 18 years
A history of trauma including a severe ankle sprain.
Clinical symptoms persisting for at least 3 months at the time of inclusion: pain, swelling, sensation of 'giving way', sensation of instability, recurrent sprains; Clinical tests (drawer test, varus provocation test) confirming grade III laxity; Imaging results (MRI) confirming clinically suspected ligament damage.
Patient affiliated to or benefiting from a social security scheme
Patient with deltoid ligament injury, severe fracture or open trauma
Patient with insufficient ligament remnant and/or in too poor a condition to allow Broström-type repair.
Patient with a symptomatic osteochondral lesion
Patient with ankle hyperlaxity (Beighton score > 3)