Prophylactic Bracing Versus Taping for the Prevention of Ankle Sprains in High School Athletes: A Prospective, Randomized Trial

Mickel, Timothy J.; Bottoni, Craig R.; Tsuji, Garvin; Chang, Ke‐Vin; Baum, Lenny; Tokushige, Kristie Ann S.

doi:10.1053/j.jfas.2006.09.005

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“…Regardless of the population being tested, bracing was effective in reducing the incidence of ankle sprains. [57][58][59]158,[159][160][161] Sitler et al 160 evaluated a group of intramural basketball players over 2 years. Approximately half of the athletes wore no ankle brace, and half wore an Aircast Sports Stirrup.…”

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“…When the effectiveness of taping to bracing was specifically compared, the results were mixed. Mickel et al 59 found that taping and bracing were equally effective in reducing the incidence of ankle injuries. However, a limitation of their study was the relatively low number of ankle sprains that were reported.…”

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National Athletic Trainers' Association Position Statement: Conservative Management and Prevention of Ankle Sprains in Athletes

Kaminski

Hertel

Amendola

et al. 2013

Journal of Athletic Training

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Objective: To present recommendations for athletic trainers and other allied health care professionals in the conservative management and prevention of ankle sprains in athletes.Background: Because ankle sprains are a common and often disabling injury in athletes, athletic trainers and other sports health care professionals must be able to implement the most current and evidence-supported treatment strategies to ensure safe and rapid return to play. Equally important is initiating preventive measures to mitigate both first-time sprains and the chance of reinjury. Therefore, considerations for appropriate preventive measures (including taping and bracing), initial assessment, both short-and long-term management strategies, return-to-play guidelines, and recommendations for syndesmotic ankle sprains and chronic ankle instability are presented.Recommendations: The recommendations included in this position statement are intended to provide athletic trainers and other sports health care professionals with guidelines and criteria to deliver the best health care possible for the prevention and management of ankle sprains. An endorsement as to best practice is made whenever evidence supporting the recommendation is available.

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Section: Taping Bracing and Footwear Considerationsmentioning

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National Athletic Trainers' Association Position Statement: Conservative Management and Prevention of Ankle Sprains in Athletes

Kaminski

Hertel

Amendola

et al. 2013

Journal of Athletic Training

212

233

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“…2 Taping and ankle braces are the most advocated interventions to prevent ankle injuries. 1,[3][4][5][6][7][8] Braces differ in design, material, and movement restriction of the ankle-foot joint-complex (eg, semirigid and lace-up braces) [9][10][11] ; the goals are to provide sufficient protection but also sufficient flexibility of the ankle during sports and activities of daily living. Consequently, the stabilizing effects of braces need to be evaluated.…”

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Biomechanical Comparison of 3 Ankle Braces With and Without Free Rotation in the Sagittal Plane

Alfuth

Klein

Koch³

et al. 2014

Journal of Athletic Training

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Context: Various designs of braces including hinged and nonhinged models are used to provide external support of the ankle. Hinged ankle braces supposedly allow almost free dorsiflexion and plantar flexion of the foot in the sagittal plane. It is unclear, however, whether this additional degree of freedom affects the stabilizing effect of the brace in the other planes of motion.Objective: To investigate the dynamic and passive stabilizing effects of 3 ankle braces, 2 hinged models that provide free plantar flexion-dorsiflexion in the sagittal plane and 1 ankle brace without a hinge.Design: Crossover study. Setting: University Movement Analysis Laboratory.Patients or Other Participants: Seventeen healthy volunteers (5 women, 12 men; age ¼ 25.4 6 4.8 years; height ¼ 180.3 6 6.5 cm; body mass ¼ 75.5 6 10.4 kg).Intervention(s): We dynamically induced foot inversion on a tilting platform and passively induced foot movements in 6 directions via a custom-built apparatus in 3 brace conditions and a control condition (no brace).Main Outcome Measure(s): Maximum inversion was determined dynamically using an in-shoe electrogoniometer. Passively induced maximal joint angles were measured using a torque and angle sensor. We analyzed differences among the 4 ankle-brace conditions (3 braces, 1 control) for each of the dependent variables with Friedman and post hoc tests (P , .05).Results: Each ankle brace restricted dynamic foot-inversion movements on the tilting platform as compared with the control condition, whereas only the 2 hinged ankle braces differed from each other, with greater movement restriction caused by the Ankle X model. Passive foot inversion was reduced with all ankle braces. Passive plantar flexion was greater in the hinged models as compared with the nonhinged brace.Conclusions: All ankle braces showed stabilizing effects against dynamic and passive foot inversion. Differences between the hinged braces and the nonhinged brace did not appear to be clinically relevant.

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“…[80][81][82][83][84][85][86] Taping is less effective than bracing in preventing ankle sprains. 81,87 For the current discussion, focus is on studies of athletes returning to sport after an ankle sprain.…”

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Return to Play After an Ankle Sprain

Richie¹,

Izadi²

2015

Clinics in Podiatric Medicine and Surgery

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Prophylactic Bracing Versus Taping for the Prevention of Ankle Sprains in High School Athletes: A Prospective, Randomized Trial

Cited by 76 publications

References 30 publications

National Athletic Trainers' Association Position Statement: Conservative Management and Prevention of Ankle Sprains in Athletes

National Athletic Trainers' Association Position Statement: Conservative Management and Prevention of Ankle Sprains in Athletes

Biomechanical Comparison of 3 Ankle Braces With and Without Free Rotation in the Sagittal Plane

Return to Play After an Ankle Sprain

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