BACKGROUND Functional ankle instability (FAI) is commonly reported by children and adolescents with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT), however,, the specific variables associated with FAI remain unknown. An improved understanding of these variables may suggest interventions to improve ankle stability and possibly prevent the long-term complications associated with ankle instability in this popu...

An inversion trauma with damage to the anterolateral ankle ligaments is one of the most common injuries in athletes, especially in high risk sports like volleyball, basketball and soccer. Treatment is functional, leading to full recovery in the majority of athletes. Approximately 20% suffer from recurrent instability and require further treatment. Chronic anterolateral ankle instability is ofte...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to determine if individuals with unilateral functional ankle instability had decreased ability to maintain postural sway, as well as decreased isokinetic eccentric strength of ankle evertors and invertors. DESIGN AND SETTING SUBJECTS WITH NO PREVIOUS HISTORY OF ANKLE INJURY WERE COMPARED WITH SUBJECTS WITH FUNCTIONAL ANKLE INSTABILITY ON THE FOLLOWING T...

BACKGROUND The objective measurement of the mechanical component and its role in chronic ankle instability is still a matter of scientific debate. We analyzed known group and diagnostic validity of our ankle arthrometer. Additionally, functional aspects of chronic ankle instability were evaluated in relation to anterior talar drawer. METHODS By manual stress testing, 41 functionally unstable ...

INTRODUCTION The ankle sprain is one of the most common injuries in athletes, particularly in sports in which participants frequently jump and land on one foot like the volleyball. 90% of ankle injuries in volleyball occur during landing after a blocking maneuver. The most common complication following ankle sprains is functional ankle instability (FI) that has been defined as a tendency for th...

Ankle sprains are one of the most common injuries identified in athletics, the military, and hospital emergency rooms. A significant number of patients report injury recurrence, residual symptoms, ankle instability, and functional loss associated with a single acute sprain. Identifying modifiable risk factors for sustaining ankle sprains is essential to develop effective injury-prevention strat...

purpose ankle sprain is one of the most common injuries among athletes and instability and injury to this joint is responsible for long time loss of physical and recreational activity. also, it can impose high costs to sport teams. prevention of this injury is an important concern of practice and rehabilitation. one way of reducing the possibility of ankle joint injury is using an ankle orthosi...

OBJECTIVE Determine which ankle instability questionnaire predicts subject's ankle instability status based on a minimum accepted criteria for FAI (MC_FAI). DESIGN Cross-sectional study. SETTING Large Midwestern University. PARTICIPANTS College aged subjects (n = 1127 19.6 ± 2.1 years) from a university population were recruited for this study. Any volunteer, regardless of ankle injury hi...