* Correspondence: [email protected] Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, 66160, USA Full list of author information is available at the end of the article Figure 1 Reduction in mean replication error in both the groups following balance training intervention Jain et al. Journal of Foot and Ankle Research 2014, 7(Suppl 1):A37 http://www....

BACKGROUND Distal tibial reconstruction with use of an external fixator when there is bone loss, limb-length discrepancy, and/or ankle instability is associated with many problems. The technique of limb-lengthening, ankle arthrodesis, and segmental transfer over an intramedullary nail has been introduced to overcome these problems. The present study investigates this combined technique. METHO...

CONTEXT Functional ankle instability (FAI) affects a large part of the population. Inconsistent findings have been reported regarding the existence of functional performance deficits in individuals with FAI. OBJECTIVE To examine functional performance in participants with FAI compared with participants in a control group during 2 hopping tests. DESIGN Case-control study. SETTINGS Athletic...

introduction: assessing quality of life for patients with shoulder instability may be essential because of the negative impacts of the disease on patient’s life. the aim of the present study, therefore,  was  to  assess  the  internal  validity  and  consistency,  test-retest  reliability,  and convergent validity of the persian version of the oxford shoulder instability score (osis). material ...

Peroneal tendon and retinacular pathology contributes to chronic lateral ankle instability. The “gold standard” surgical treatment for chronic lateral ankle instability has been the BroströmGould procedure with its modifications. An ankle arthroscopy is an adjuvant procedure to address any intra-articular pathology. We review our results of two study groups. The first group underwent an ankle a...

BACKGROUND In recent years several unstable shoe designs that cause increased instability at the ankle joint have been developed with the aims of training static and dynamic posture and postural control. However, earlier research found significant gender differences in the generation of ankle torque and in the reaction times after a perturbation. Therefore it is possible that men and women are ...