ArticleJournal of athletic training2023
Patient-Reported Outcomes at Return to Sport After Lateral Ankle Sprain Injuries: A Report From the Athletic Training Practice-Based Research Network.
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- Towards the strategies of return to sport after lateral ankle Sprain: a systematic review.Annals of medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Ankle supports enhance only psychological aspects of the Ankle-GO score in patients with chronic ankle instability.Journal of athletic training · 2025Article
- Targeting visual-sensory and cognitive impairments following lateral ankle sprains: a practical framework for functional assessment across the return-to-sport continuum-Part 1. Sensory reweighting and cognitive impairments: what are we really talking about and why clinicians should consider central alterations in return to sport criteria.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2025Review
- Ankle-GO score is associated with the probability of becoming coper after lateral ankle sprain: a 1-year prospective cohort study.British journal of sports medicine · 2024Article
- Restorative Physical Function and Patient-Reported Outcomes After Acute Lateral Ankle Sprain in High School Athletes.Journal of athletic training · 2024Article
- Topical Treatment Is Effective and Safe for Acute Ankle Sprains: The Multi-Center Double-Blind Randomized Placebo-Controlled TRAUMED Trial.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
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Abstract
contextLimited evidence exists regarding the assessment of single-item patient-reported outcomes when patients are medically cleared to return to sport after a lateral ankle sprain (LAS) injury.
objectiveTo evaluate self-reports of improvement in health status, pain, function, and disability at return to sport after an LAS.
designDescriptive study.
settingSixty-nine athletic training facilities across 24 states. PATIENTS OR OTHER
participantsA total of 637 patients (males = 53.2%) who were diagnosed with an LAS, restricted from sport after injury, and subsequently medically cleared to return to sport within 60 days were included. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Descriptive statistics were used to summarize scores for health status (Global Rating of Change), pain (Numeric Pain Rating Scale), function (Global Rating of Function), and disability (Global Rating of Disability). Mann-Whitney U tests were used to compare score differences between sexes. A Kaplan-Meier analysis was performed to provide a visual depiction of sex differences in the time to return to sport.
resultsMost patients sustained an LAS injury while participating in basketball, football, or soccer and were cleared to return to sport 8 days after injury. More than two-thirds of patients reported a meaningful improvement in health status between the time of injury and return to sport. However, many noted deficits related to pain (65.1%), function (86.2%), or disability (35.8%) at return to sport. No differences were seen between males and females for pain (P = .90), function (P = .68), change in health status (P = .45), or disability (P = .21) at return to sport, although males returned to sport slightly sooner than females (P = .025).
conclusionsDespite self-perceived improvements in health status since the time of injury, patients typically returned to sport with deficits in pain, function, and disability after an LAS. Patients may be returning to unrestricted sport participation before they feel their bodies have fully recovered from the injury.
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