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Chronic Ankle Instability And Hip Muscle Function: A Systematic Review, Lindsay Carroll
Chronic Ankle Instability And Hip Muscle Function: A Systematic Review, Lindsay Carroll
Graduate Student Research Symposium
Purpose/background
The connection between hip strength and knee function is widely accepted in rehabilitation. The beginnings of evidence supporting a connection between the hip and ankle in people with chronic ankle instability (CAI) causes clinicians to question how the hip and the ankle may interact in this population. The purpose of this review is to provide a cohesive summary of the current available evidence examining hip muscle function in people with chronic ankle instability so that clinicians are better able to treat these patients.
Methods
An electronic search of PubMed was performed to locate studies published in peer-reviewed journals that …