Comparison of Swede-O-Universal® Ankle Support and Aircast® Sport-Stirrup™ Orthoses and Ankle Tape in Restricting Eversion-Inversion Before and After Exercise

Gross, Michael T.; Lapp, Anne K.; Davis, Joanne M.

doi:10.2519/jospt.1991.13.1.11

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“…27 The various forms of ankle support (tape and braces) available are generally considered effective in providing mechanical stability while restricting joint range of motion. [28][29][30][31][32] Although the use of external ankle support is effective in providing joint mechanical stability, its effect on sensorimotor function is less well understood. Improvement in proprioception and sensorimotor function has been shown to occur, not only through the use of exercise and rehabilitation, [33][34][35] but also through stimulation of cutaneous mechanoreceptors near and around the ankle through the application of ankle support 36 and tape.…”

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Peroneus longus stretch reflex amplitude increases after ankle brace application

Cordova

2003

Br J Sports Med

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Background: The use of external ankle support is widespread throughout sports medicine. However, the application of ankle bracing to a healthy ankle over a long period has been scrutinised because of possible neuromuscular adaptations resulting in diminished dynamic support offered by the peroneus longus. Objective: To investigate the immediate and chronic effects of ankle brace application on the amplitude of peroneus longus stretch reflex. Methods: Twenty physically active college students (mean (SD) age 23.6 (1.7) years, height 168.7 (8.4) cm, and mass 69.9 (12.0) kg) who had been free from lower extremity pathology for the 12 months preceding the study served as subjects. None had been involved in a strength training or conditioning programme in the six months preceding the study. A 3 × 3 × 2 (test condition × treatment condition × time) design with repeated measures on the first and third factor was used. The peroneus longus stretch reflex (% of maximum amplitude) during sudden foot inversion was evaluated under three ankle brace conditions (control, lace up, and semi-rigid) before and after eight weeks of ankle brace use. Results: A 3 × 3 × 2 repeated measures analysis of variance showed that peroneus longus stretch reflex amplitude increased immediately after application of a lace up brace (67.1 (4.4)) compared with the semi-rigid (57.9 (4.3)) and control (59.0 (5.2)) conditions (p<0.05). Peroneus longus stretch reflex also increased after eight weeks of use of the semi-rigid brace compared with the lace up and control conditions (p<0.05). Conclusions: Initial application of a lace up style ankle brace and chronic use of a semi-rigid brace facilitates the amplitude of the peroneus longus stretch reflex. It appears that initial and long term ankle brace use does not diminish the magnitude of this stretch reflex in the healthy ankle.

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Peroneus longus stretch reflex amplitude increases after ankle brace application

Cordova

2003

Br J Sports Med

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“…However, despite its effectiveness in the limitation of the ankle's ROM (range of movement) [2,5,6,9,13,23,26,27], its effect on the ROMs during the specific sports techniques involved in the mechanism of injury is not clear, because most of the studies on the mechanical effects of ankle taping have used static tests for the measurement of ROM. The effectiveness of taping decreases during the exercise because of the tape loosening and the loss of tape adherence to skin [3,7,8,10,12,14,16]. In addition, the majority of the studies have not controlled the quantity and quality of the intervention on the subjects, because they were carried out during training sessions or actual competitions, where each player performs different tasks and has different periods of intervention depending on the game position.…”

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Kinematics of Ankle Taping after a Training Session

Meana¹,

Alegre²,

Elvira³

et al. 2008

Int J Sports Med

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This study aimed to test the effectiveness of ankle taping on the limitation of forced supination during a change of direction, as well as the losses of effectiveness after a 30-minute training session. Fifteen young men with no ankle injury volunteered for the study. The static and dynamic ranges of movement (ROM) were measured before and after a training session. The dynamic measurements were recorded using high-speed 3D photogrammetry. The differences between static and dynamic measures of ankle supination and plantar flexion were significant. The losses of effectiveness during supination and ankle plantar flexion restriction were 42.3 % and 47.6 %, respectively. Ankle taping was effective in restricting the maximal static ROMs before a training session, but the effectiveness decreased after 30 min of training. The present study shows the necessity of performing dynamic ROM analysis of sports techniques involved in the ankle sprain mechanism in order to determine the degree of tape restriction after a training session, because there were differences between static and dynamic ankle ROMs. The lack of effects on the restriction of the dynamic plantar flexion would bring into question the necessity of ankle taping in subjects without previous injuries.

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“…Burks et al (4) Prophylactic ankle stabilizers have been tested under a variety of experimental conditions. Biomechanically, they have been reported to significantly limit ankle inversion and eversion range of motion preexercise, during, and postexercise (1,7,8,10,11,12,13,15). Clinically, prophylactic ankle stabilizers have been shown to be efficacious in reducing the incidence of ankle injuries in the athletic setting (22,23,25).…”

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Effects of a Semirigid and Softshell Prophylactic Ankle Stabilizer on Selected Performance Tests Among High School Football Players

Macpherson

Sitler²,

Kimura³

et al. 1995

J Orthop Sports Phys Ther

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Comparison of Swede-O-Universal® Ankle Support and Aircast® Sport-Stirrup™ Orthoses and Ankle Tape in Restricting Eversion-Inversion Before and After Exercise

Cited by 42 publications

References 6 publications

Peroneus longus stretch reflex amplitude increases after ankle brace application

Peroneus longus stretch reflex amplitude increases after ankle brace application

Kinematics of Ankle Taping after a Training Session

Effects of a Semirigid and Softshell Prophylactic Ankle Stabilizer on Selected Performance Tests Among High School Football Players

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