Sprain

Introduction: Sprain

Description of Sprain

Sprain (medical condition): A sprain is an injury to a ligament; a strain is an injury to a muscle or tendon. ...more

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Sprain: a painful injury to a joint caused by a sudden wrenching of its ligaments.
Source: WordNet 2.1

Sprain: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Sprain:

• Injury
• Ligament
• Abnormal
• Abnormal pain (6 causes)
• Joint
• Joint symptoms (1430 causes)
• Joint disease (21 causes)
• Joint disorder

Sprain as a Disease

Sprain (medical condition): See Sprain (disease information).
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Sprain: Related Diseases

Sprain: Sprain is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:

• Rheumatic conditions
• Physical conditions
• Ankle conditions
• Accident or injury conditions
• Pain conditions
• Musculoskeletal conditions
• Limb conditions

Sprain: Article Excerpts

A sprain is an injury to a ligament--a stretching or a tearing. One or more ligaments can... (Source: excerpt from Questions and Answers Sprains and Strains: NIAMS)

A sprain is an injury to a ligament--a stretching or a tearing. One or more ligaments can be... (Source: excerpt from Questions and Answers Sprains and Strains: NIAMS)

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• Misdiagnosis of Sprain
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• Prevention of Sprain

Sprain as a Symptom

Sprain (symptom): an injury which occurs to ligaments caused by a...more »

Sprain (symptom): A sprain is an injury to a ligament--a stretching or a tearing. One or more ligaments can be injured during a sprain. The... (Source: excerpt from Questions and Answers Sprains and Strains: NIAMS)

Sprain (symptom): See Sprain (symptom information).

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Sprain: Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to Sprain:

• ankle strain
• inversion ankle injury
• eversion ankle injury
• ankle pain
• lateral ankle complex
• talofibular ligament
• calcaneofibular ligament
• posterior talofibular ligament

Terms associated with Sprain:

Broader terms for Sprain

• wrench
• twist
• pull

Source - WordNet 2.1

Hierarchical classifications of Sprain

The following list attempts to classify Sprain into categories where each line is subset of the next.

WordNet 2.1

• pull,twist,wrench
• harm,hurt,injury,trauma
• health problem,ill health,unhealthiness
• pathological state
• condition,status
• state

Source: WordNet 2.1

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