Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-25-2018
Publication Title
Physical Therapy in Sport
Abstract
Objective
To determine if adolescent athletes with a history of lateral ankle sprain(s) (LAS) displayed deficits on functional performance tests (FPTs) and if deficits on FPT were related to the number of previous LAS.
Design
Cross-sectional study.
Setting
Biomechanics Laboratory.
Participants
The injured group (n = 24) had a history of ≥1 moderate-severe LAS. The uninjured group (n = 34) had no history of LAS.
Main outcome measure(s)
The average reach distance of three trials in each direction of the star excursion balance test (SEBT) was normalized to leg length (%). The average of two trials of single-leg-hop test (SLHT) was calculated in seconds.
Results
The injured group performed significantly worse in 3 directions of SEBT than the uninjured group (P < 0.05). SLHT was significantly slower in the injured group compared to the uninjured group (P < 0.05). Statistically significant, strong to moderate inverse relationships were found between the numbers of LAS and each of the three directions of the SEBT (P ≤ 0.01). No relationship was revealed between the number of LAS and the SLHT (P > 0.05).
Conclusion(s)
Adolescent athletes with a history of LAS exhibit functional performance deficits on the SEBT and SLHT. Therefore, the SEBT and SLHT may provide clinicians cost- and time-effective objective tools.
Recommended Citation
Ko, Jupil; Rosen, Adam B.; and Brown, Cathleen N., "Functional performance deficits in adolescent athletes with a history of lateral ankle sprain(s)" (2018). Health and Kinesiology Faculty Publications. 29.
https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/hperfacpub/29
Comments
This article is released under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives License, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ptsp.2018.07.010