Application of computer optical topography as an environmentally safe method of assessing recovery of static disorders after surgical treatment of ankle fractures.

An ankle fracture is one of the most common human injuries. According to long-term monitoring of a number of authors, ankle fractures make up 40-50 % of all lower leg fractures. They are accompanied by damages of the joint capsule, articular cartilage, ligaments, anterior and posterior parts of the tibia, hemarthrosis. Therefore, treatment and rehabilitation require a special approach to the choice of therapy methods, control of restorative treatment quality and assessment of recovery of the locomotor function of the ankle joint. Rehabilitation of patients after ankle fractures consists of full restoration of support and movement. To implement that, there is applied physiotherapy and hydrotherapy, massage, exercise therapy, and to control restoration - a number of functional tests and auxiliary study methods. The authors have followed restoration of statics in dynamics after surgical treatment of open fractures of the ankle with the use of the computer optical topography. The method was first applied to study recovery of spinal deformity, but an indication for it can be a fracture of the lower extremity in which a load varies sharply, causing curvature of the spine and the pelvic misalignment. The method is simple, economical, has no adverse effects on patient health and the environment.