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- Abstract:
- The most common injury among athletes is the lateral ankle sprain. In order to protect and prevent ankle injuries, ankle braces and/or tape are commonly used by sports medicine professionals. Purpose: To determine the effects of ankle stabilizers on ankle and knee joint ROM and ankle and knee joint kinetics between participants with healthy ankles and those with FAI. Methods: A total of fourteen participants were used (7 control, 7 with FAI volunteered for this study). Participants were asked to perform a single leg drop landing off a platform .60m high onto force plate .11m away from the platform under three conditions: ankle taped, ankle braced and with no stabilizer. The participants were required to stick the landing for a total of five seconds. If the participant could not land on the center of the force plate or hold the landing for five seconds or fell, the landing was retried immediately. A repeated measure 2 x 3 MANOVA (groups x stabilizers) was used to analyze the results. Results: Three of the eleven dependent variables were significant; ankle medial joint forces (F(1,36) = 6.095, p < .05); knee medial joint forces (F(1,36) = 4.844, p < .05); ankle abduction moments (F(1,36) = .4.754, p < .05). There were no other significance differences to report among the other dependent variables between the groups. Ankle dorsiflexion ROM (F(1, 36) = .057, p >.05); ankle abduction/adduction ROM (F(1,36) = .001, p >.05); knee flexion/extension ROM (F(1,36) = 3.088, p > .05); peak vertical GRF (F(1,36) = 2.614, p > .05); ankle anterior joint forces (F(1,36) = 1.283, p>.05); knee anterior/posterior joint forces (F(1,36) = .830, p > .05); ankle flexion/extension (F(1,36) = .307 p > .05); knee flexion/extension moment (F(1,36) = .000, p >.05). Conclusions: Stabilizers had no effect on ankle and knee ROM, or peak vertical GRF between FAI and FAS groups. FAI had greater medial ankle joint forces, medial knee joint forces and less abduction ankle moments than those with FAS regardless of stabilizer condition.
- Thesis:
- Thesis (M.S.)--Barry University, 2005.
- Bibliography:
- Includes bibliographical references (leaves 92-93).
Record Information
- Source Institution:
- Barry University
- Holding Location:
- Barry University Archives and Special Collections
- Rights Management:
- Copyright Hayley McKelle Ulm. Permission granted to Barry University to digitize, archive and distribute this item for non-profit research and educational purposes. Any reuse of this item in excess of fair use or other copyright exemptions requires permission of the copyright holder.
- Resource Identifier:
- RD562.U566 2005_UlmHayley ( BU-Local )
- Classification:
- RD562.U566 2005 ( lcc )
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