Ultrasound Changes of Peri-Ankle Muscles in Subjects with Unilateral Chronic Ankle Instability

Four Weeks of Balance Training does not Affect Ankle Joint Stiffness in Subjects with Unilateral Chronic Ankle Instability

BACKGROUND Balance training has been shown to be effective in preventing ankle sprain recurrences in subjects with chronic ankle instability (CAI) but the biomechanical pathways underlying the clinical outcomes are still unknown. This study was conducted to determine if a 4-week balance training intervention can alter the mechanical characteristics in ankles with CAI. METHODS Twenty-two recre...

Lower limb landing biomechanics in subjects with chronic ankle instability.

PURPOSE The literature on lower limb kinematic deviations in subjects with chronic ankle instability (CAI) during landing tasks is limited and not consistent. Several studies only report joint angles at defined events rather than considering the whole kinematic curve, which might obscure possibly relevant information. Therefore, the main goal of this study was to evaluate landing kinematics of ...

Fibular Malalignment in Subjects with Chronic Ankle Instability

Influence of Balance Surface on Ankle Stabilizing Muscle Activity in Subjects with Chronic Ankle Instability

© 2015 The Authors. doi: 10.2340/16501977-1970 Journal Compilation © 2015 Foundation of Rehabilitation Information. ISSN 1650-1977 Objective: To evaluate the effect of balance surface type on muscle activity of ankle stabilizing muscles in subjects with chronic ankle instability. Design: Case-controlled, repeated-measures study design. Subjects: Twenty-eight subjects with chronic ankle instabil...

Influence of balance surface on ankle stabilizing muscle activity in subjects with chronic ankle instability.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of balance surface type on muscle activity of ankle stabilizing muscles in subjects with chronic ankle instability. DESIGN Case-controlled, repeated-measures study design. SUBJECTS Twenty-eight subjects with chronic ankle instability and 28 healthy controls. METHODS Subjects performed a barefooted single-legged stance on uniaxial and multidirectional unsta...