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. 2000 Nov;24(5):285–288. doi: 10.1007/s002640000170

Protection and performance effects of ankle bracing

T Nishikawa 1, K Kurosaka 1, K Mizuno 1, M Grabiner 2
PMCID: PMC3619913  PMID: 11153461

Abstract 

We investigated the protection afforded to ankle ligaments by ankle supports and the extent to which these were associated with a diminution of motor performance. Eleven volunteers were subjected to a 10° tilt in four directions (inversion, eversion, plantar flexion and dorsiflexion) on a rocking platform. Three-dimensional videography was used to record complex ankle kinematics. The prophylactic ankle supports used were a semi-rigid brace, a lace-up cloth brace, and taping. The ankle supports provided similar initial protection against acute ligamentous inversion sprains. The semi-rigid ankle brace produced a smaller restriction of plantar flexion-dorsiflexion movement than either the lace-up cloth brace or taping.

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Accepted: 14 June 2000


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