Two 4-Week Balance-Training Programs for Chronic Ankle Instability

Abstract

Either a 4-week PHSB or SLB can be used in athletes with CAI, as both programs resulted in similar gains.

Comparison of the Effect of Resistance and Balance Training on Isokinetic Eversion Strength, Dynamic Balance, Hop Test, and Ankle Score in Ankle Sprain

“…BT for 6 weeks in CAI patients enhanced dynamic balance ability, motor-neuron pool excitability, single-limb presynaptic inhibition, as well as inversion joint position sense variable error [ 31 ]. In a study on CAI that compared traditional single-limb BT with progressive hop-to-stabilization BT, both BTs produced significant improvement in the subjective scale and dynamic balance ability [ 32 ]. Six-week BT in athletes with ankle instability improved the distance of the ankle instability tool score and results of the star excursion balance test [ 33 ].…”

Comparison of Recent Studies on Rehabilitation of Chronic Ankle Instability: A Systematic Review

“…All selected studies were conducted in participants who met the IAC recommendations for CAI. 11,[14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31] Allowing duplicate counts of intervention type resulted in 15 articles using dynamic balance training (DBT) 11,14-27 , 4 articles using strength training (ST) 11,[14][15][16] , and 4 articles using mixed type. [28][29][30][31] The mixed interventions included functional activity, range of motion (ROM), strength, balance, and neuromuscular training.…”

“…[28][29][30][31] There were 12 studies comparing the effects of each exercise type before and after exercise. 11,[14][15][16][20][21][22][24][25][26][27]31 Six studies were conducted on the effects of…”

“…29 All studies described a method of random allocation and did random sequence generation (low risk of bias). 11,[14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31] In most studies, except for one, outcome assessment was double blinded and complete outcome data was provided (low risk of bias). 11,[14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31]…”

Gait biofeedback and impairment‐based rehabilitation for chronic ankle instability

“…3 Rehabilitation protocols for intervention studies have typically focused on a single treatment domain such as balance, ROM, or strength and appear to improve the outcomes in that treatment domain specifically. [4][5][6] Impairmentbased rehabilitation targets individualized patient deficits and has previously shown to improve a variety of patient-oriented and clinically oriented outcomes associated with CAI. 7,8 Individuals with CAI have demonstrated a more inverted ankle position during walking compared to ankle sprain copers (4-6º) 9 and healthy controls (6-7º).…”