Guides for Citing Sources. 1  Code of Academic Integrity. 2  APA citation style (Print PDF). 3  MLA citation style (Print PDF). 4  Citing Materials from Online Sources. 5  Chicago Manual of Style online (or the abbreviated Quick Guide). 6  Annotated Bibliography Tutorial.
A syndesmosis is defined as a fibrous joint in which two adjacent bones are linked by a strong membrane or ligaments.This definition also applies for the distal tibiofibular syndesmosis, which is a syndesmotic joint formed by two bones and four ligaments.
Although the syndesmosis is a joint, in the literature the term syndesmotic injury is used to describe injury of the syndesmotic ligaments. In an estimated 1â11% of all ankle sprains, injury of the distal tibiofibular syndesmosis occurs. Forty percent of patients still have complaints of ankle instability 6 months after an ankle sprain. This could be due to widening of the ankle mortise as a result of increased length of the syndesmotic ligaments after acute ankle sprain.