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Low Ankle-GO Score While Returning to Sport After Lateral Ankle Sprain Leads to a 9-fold Increased Risk of Recurrence: A Two-year Prospective Cohort Study.
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- Effect of proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation on patients with chronic ankle instability: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2025Pooled it
- One in Five Patients Returns to Sport Before Assessment: Real-World Use of the Ankle-GO Composite Score in 6934 Patients.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Side Hop Test as a Predictor of Successful Return to Sports After Nonoperative Treatment or Modified Broström Operation in Patients With Chronic Ankle Instability: Based on the Ankle-GO Score.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2026Article
- Clinical assessment of lateral ankle sprains among Swedish physiotherapists: a nationwide survey comparing practice to international and locally modified frameworks.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2026Article
- 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 2: from theory to practice: recommendations for optimizing return to sport after lateral ankle sprains using cognitive and visual-sensory assessments.Frontiers in sports and active living · 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 Sprain Recurrence and Rehabilitation Among Athletes: A Case Study in the West Region of Cameroon.Cureus · 2024Article
- 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
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Abstract
backgroundLateral ankle sprain (LAS) is the most common sports injury, leading to a high rate of recurrence and the development of chronic ankle instability. One possible explanation is the lack of objective, evidence-based criteria to inform return to sport decisions following LAS. The aim of this study was therefore to assess the efficacy of a new functional score to distinguish patients at risk of recurrent LAS within two years after the initial injury.
methodsThe Ankle-GO score was used in 64 active patients two months after LAS. This composite score includes 2 self-reported questionnaires and 4 functional tests, for a maximum score of 25 points. The rate of reinjury was prospectively recorded 2 years after inclusion. Potential predictive variables for reinjury were tested using the Chi-square and independent t-tests. The area under the receiver operating characteristics curve (AUC) with the optimal cut-off score was determined to assess the predictive value of the Ankle-GO score for the risk of reinjury. Multivariate logistic regression was then used to determine the influence of risk factors of reinjury.
resultsFifty-four (85%) patients were included (23 men and 31 women, 34.7 ± 13 years old) including 18 (33.3%) with a reinjury. The two-month Ankle-GO score was lower in patients with a recurrent LAS (5.4 ± 2.8 points vs. 9.1 ± 4.5, p = 0.002) and predicted the risk of reinjury (AUC = 0.75). Patients with < 8 points were found to have a significantly higher risk of reinjury (OR = 8.6; 95%CI: 2-37.2, p = 0.001). Women also tend to have a higher risk of recurrence (OR = 3.8; 95%CI: 0.9-15.5, p = 0.065).
conclusionThe Ankle-GO score is a new objective criterion for RTS after LAS. Patients with a low score at two months have a 9-fold greater risk of recurrence within two years.
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