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- Title
Effect of Prophylactic Ankle-Brace Use During a High School Competitive Basketball Season on Dynamic Postural Control.
- Authors
Crockett, Nathan J.; Sandrey, Michelle A.
- Abstract
Context: Few studies have evaluated the long-term effects o f prophylactic ankle-brace use during a sport season. Objective: To determine the effects o f prophylactic ankle-brace use during a high school basketball season on dynamic postural control and functional tests. Design: Prospective repeated-measures design. Setting: High school athletic facility. Participants: 21 healthy high school basketball athletes (13 girls, 8 boys). Interventions: The order o f testing was randomized using the Star Excursion Balance Test (SEBT) for posteromedial (PM), medial (M), and anteromedial (AM) directions and 3 functional tests (FT) consisting o f the single-leg crossover hop, single-leg vertical jump, and the single-leg 6-m hop for time at pre-, mid-, and postseason. After pretesting, the ankle brace was worn on both limbs during the entire 16-wk competitive basketball season. Main Outcome Measures: SEBT for PM, M, and AM and 3 single-leg FTs. Results: Dynamic postural control using the SEBT and the 3 FTs improved over time, notably from pretest to posttest. The left limb was different from the right limb during the single-leg vertical jump. Effect sizes were large for pretest to posttest for the 3 SEBT directions and 2 o f the 3 FTs. Conclusions: The 16-wk basketball prophylactic ankle-brace intervention significantly improved dynamic postural control and single-limb FTs over time.
- Subjects
WEST Virginia; ANKLE injury prevention; SPRAIN prevention; BASKETBALL injuries; ANALYSIS of variance; ANTHROPOMETRY; CEREBRAL dominance; CLINICAL trials; CONFIDENCE intervals; POSTURAL balance; EXERCISE physiology; EXERCISE tests; HIGH school athletes; JUMPING; LEG; LONGITUDINAL method; ORTHOPEDIC apparatus; PROBABILITY theory; STATISTICAL sampling; SPORTS sciences; STATISTICAL power analysis; EFFECT sizes (Statistics); BODY movement; RANDOMIZED controlled trials; PRE-tests &; post-tests; REPEATED measures design; DATA analysis software; FUNCTIONAL assessment; ORTHOPEDIC apparatus -- Design &; construction; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; ADOLESCENCE; PREVENTION
- Publication
Journal of Sport Rehabilitation, 2015, Vol 24, Issue 3, p252
- ISSN
1056-6716
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1123/jsr.2013-0152