The Cause of Ankle Arthritis

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Dr. Horton describes the causes of ankle arthritis and how it develops.

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Well, typically when people get arthritis of the ankle, it’s from one of three major areas. The most common is post-traumatic arthritis, a person who has had a fracture or dislocation or chronic instability of their ankle over time and then their joint has deteriorated. Another group is idiopathic arthritis or osteoarthritis in which a cause is not readily identified, but occurs slowly over time. And then the third category would be an inflammatory type of arthritis such as a rheumatic arthritis.
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