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Nowadays, high-resolution ultrasound has emerged as the first-line tool to evaluate musculoskeletal disorders. There have been several existing protocols describing the fundamental sonoanatomy of ankle\/foot joints. However, there are certain anatomic structures (e.g., Lisfranc ligament complex or Baxter nerve) which are also clinically important. As they are rarely elaborated in the available literature, a comprehensive review is necessary. In this regard, the present article aims to brief the regional anatomy, illustrate the scanning techniques, and emphasize the clinical relevance of the ankle\/foot region.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/diagnostics10030160","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,3,17]],"date-time":"2020-03-17T09:27:41Z","timestamp":1584437261000},"page":"160","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":26,"title":["Advanced Ankle and Foot Sonoanatomy: Imaging Beyond the Basics"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"10","author":[{"given":"Chen-Yu","family":"Hung","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, National Taiwan University Hospital, Bei-Hu Branch, 10845 Taipei, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7558-5651","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ke-Vin","family":"Chang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, National Taiwan University Hospital, Bei-Hu Branch, 10845 Taipei, Taiwan"},{"name":"Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, 10048 Taipei, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7203-3325","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Kamal","family":"Mezian","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Charles University, First Faculty of Medicine and General University Hospital in Prague, 12800 Prague, Czech Republic"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6300-395X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ond\u0159ej","family":"Na\u0148ka","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Anatomy, Charles University, First Faculty of Medicine, 12800 Prague, Czech Republic"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Wei-Ting","family":"Wu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, National Taiwan University Hospital, Bei-Hu Branch, 10845 Taipei, Taiwan"},{"name":"Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, 10048 Taipei, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5924-0066","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Po-Cheng","family":"Hsu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, National Taiwan University Hospital, Bei-Hu Branch, 10845 Taipei, Taiwan"},{"name":"Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, 10048 Taipei, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Levent","family":"\u00d6z\u00e7akar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Hacettepe University Medical School, 06100 Ankara, Turkey"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,3,14]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2870","DOI":"10.1016\/j.pain.2011.09.019","article-title":"The population prevalence of foot and ankle pain in middle and old age: A systematic review","volume":"152","author":"Thomas","year":"2011","journal-title":"Pain"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2119","DOI":"10.1016\/j.apmr.2019.04.016","article-title":"Ultrasound-guided standard vs dual-target subacromial corticosteroid injections for shoulder impingement syndrome: A randomized controlled trial","volume":"100","author":"Wang","year":"2019","journal-title":"Arch. 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