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Efficacy Of An Ankle Orthosis With A Subtalar Locking System In Restricting Ankle Kinetics And Kinematics In Lateral Cutting, Songning Zhang, Michael Wortley, Qingjian Chen, Julia Freedman, Casey Riley Sep 2008

Efficacy Of An Ankle Orthosis With A Subtalar Locking System In Restricting Ankle Kinetics And Kinematics In Lateral Cutting, Songning Zhang, Michael Wortley, Qingjian Chen, Julia Freedman, Casey Riley

Faculty Publications and Other Works -- General Biology

Introduction

The ankle joint is the most injured joint during sports participation [1]. Ankle orthoses have been shown to be effective in reducing ankle inversion injuries and are often prescribed for rehabilitation and prevention of lateral ankle sprains. Efficacy of ankle orthoses is often assessed by comparing reduction of passive inversion ROM as well as ankle kinematics between braced and unbraced movements [2,3]. However, joint kinetic responses in lateral cutting were rarely examined. Therefore, the objective of this study was to examine the effectiveness of a new semi-rigid ankle orthosis with a subtalar joint …