ArticleJournal of foot and ankle research2021
People with chronic ankle instability benefit from brace application in highly dynamic change of direction movements.
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- External Ankle Support and Ankle Biomechanics in Chronic Ankle Instability: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of athletic training · 2023Pooled it
- Compensatory Effects of Joint Bracing From a Kinetic Chain Perspective: Lower Limb Movement Coordination Analysis During Badminton Lunge Movements.European journal of sport science · 2026Article
- Six-week effects of ankle bracing and taping on specific performance in tennis collegiate players: a randomized controlled trial.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Ankle Bracing as a Public Health Game Changer: A Narrative Review on the Prevention of Ankle Injuries in Basketball Players.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Review
- Biomechanical Differences Between Ipsilateral and Contralateral Change-Of- Direction Movements Using the Same Planting Foot in Recreational Team Sport Players.Journal of sports science & medicine · 2025Article
- Immediate Effects of Wearing an Ankle Bandage on Fine Coordination, Proprioception, Balance and Gait in the Subacute Phase of Ankle Sprains.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Effects of elastic ankle braces on dynamic stability in patients with functional ankle instability.American journal of translational research · 2024Article
- Advances in Diagnosis and Management of Lateral Ankle Instability: A Review of Current Literature.Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Global research & reviews · 2023Review
- Efficacy of a semirigid ankle brace in reducing mechanical ankle instability evaluated by 3D stress-MRI.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2021Observational
- Portable 3D Gait Analysis Assessment in MTT Treat Chronic Ankle Instability: A Retrospective Study.BioMed research international · 2021Article
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backgroundThe application of ankle braces is an effective method for the prevention of recurrent ankle sprains. It has been proposed that the reduction of injury rates is based on the mechanical stiffness of the brace and on beneficial effects on proprioception and neuromuscular activation. Yet, how the neuromuscular system responds to the application of various types of ankle braces during highly dynamic injury-relevant movements is not well understood. Enhanced stability of the ankle joint seems especially important for people with chronic ankle instability. We therefore aimed to analyse the effects of a soft and a semi-rigid ankle brace on the execution of highly dynamic 180° turning movements in participants with and without chronic ankle instability.
methodsFifteen participants with functional ankle instability, 15 participants with functional and mechanical ankle instability and 15 healthy controls performed 180° turning movements in reaction to light signals in a cross-sectional descriptive laboratory study. Ankle joint kinematics and kinetics as well as neuromuscular activation of muscles surrounding the ankle joint were determined. Two-way repeated measures analyses of variance and post-hoc t-tests were calculated.
resultsMaximum ankle inversion angles and velocities were significantly reduced with the semi-rigid brace in comparison to the conditions without a brace and with the soft brace (p ≤ 0.006, d ≥ 0.303). Effect sizes of these reductions were larger in participants with chronic ankle instability than in healthy controls. Furthermore, peroneal activation levels decreased significantly with the semi-rigid brace in the 100 ms before and after ground contact. No statistically significant brace by group effects were found.
conclusionsBased on these findings, we argue that people with ankle instability in particular seem to benefit from a semi-rigid ankle brace, which allows them to keep ankle inversion angles in a range that is comparable to values of healthy people. Lower ankle inversion angles and velocities with a semi-rigid brace may explain reduced injury incidences with brace application. The lack of effect of the soft brace indicates that the primary mechanism behind the reduction of inversion angles and velocities is the mechanical resistance of the brace in the frontal plane.
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