Citation

Hoch MC, McKeon PO. J. Sport Rehab. 2011; 20(4): 505-511.

Affiliation

Dept of Human Movement Sciences, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, Human Kinetics Publishers)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

21904006

Abstract

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 strategies. A contributing factor of recurrent ankle instability has been proposed to be delayed peroneal reaction time in response to ankle perturbations. There is also the possibility that this is a risk factor associated with sustaining initial ankle sprains.

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