Introduction: The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of 6 weeks hopping exercises program on time to stabilization and perceived stability in athletes with chronic ankle instability Methods: twenty-eight basketball player with chronic ankle instability (mean ± SD age;22.67±2.88 years, mean ± SD weight; 80.47±8.48 kg, mean ± SD height; 186.82±3.09 cm) were participated in this...

RISK FACTORS – ACUTE LATERAL ANKLE SPRAIN: Clinicians should recognize the increased risk of acute lateral ankle sprain in individuals who (1) have a history of a previous ankle sprain, (2) do not use an external support, (3) do not properly warm up with static stretching and dynamic movement before activity, (4) do not have normal ankle dorsiflex-ion range of motion, and (5) do not participate...

OBJECTIVE To identify clinician and laboratory-oriented measures of function capable of explaining health-related quality of life in individuals with chronic ankle instability. DESIGN Cross-sectional. SETTING Laboratory. PARTICIPANTS Forty physically active individuals with chronic ankle instability attended a single testing session. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Participants completed health-r...

Abstract Background: Despite the importance of functional-performance deficits in athletes with history of ankle sprain few, studies have been carried out in this area. The aim of this research was to study relationship between previous ankle sprains and functional-performance deficits in athletes. Materials and methods: The subjects were 40 professional athletes selected through random sampl...

CONTEXT Lateral ankle sprains can manifest into chronic mechanical joint laxity when not treated effectively. Joint laxity is often measured through the use of manual stress tests, stress radiography, and instrumented ankle arthrometers. PURPOSE To systematically review the literature to establish the influence of chronic ankle instability (CAI) on sagittal and frontal plane mechanical joint ...

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Purpose: To determine the more effective ankle brace (lace-up or Aircast ankle brace) at providing dynamic postural control in volleyball players with unstable ankle under functional fatigue conditions. Methods: Subjects of this study participated in 3 separate testing sessions and did not use or used a different brace at each session i.e. no brace (NB), lace-up ankle brace (AB), and Airca...

[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to implement combined muscle strengthening and proprioceptive exercises to examine the effects of combined exercises on functional ankle instability. [Subjects and Methods] Experiments were conducted with 30 adult males and females. The study subjects were randomly assigned to either a control group (Group A), a muscle strengthening exercise group (Group ...