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These Ankle Exercises Could Be the Key to Preventing Pain and Injuries

THINK ABOUT ALL the activity taking place on your feet—walking, standing, taking the stairs, running, jumping, squatting, lunging. The ankle supports nearly every movement involving the foot. Training ...
BMJ

O-46 The effect of ankle proprioception training on injury risk in rhythmic gymnastics

Background In rhythmic gymnastics, legs are the body part with the highest training load. Poor balance, high load, high number of repetitions of technical elements and high amount of training (1300 to ...
BMJ

Comparison of three preventive methods in order to reduce the incidence of ankle inversion sprains among female volleyball players

Background: Ankle sprains are the most common form of acute injury in volleyball. A prevention programme consisting of technical training, proprioceptive training, and external support was previously ...
The American Journal of Managed Care

In-Home Step Training Did Not Improve Proprioception, Muscle Performance in MS

The step training program did not improve ankle proprioception or plantarflexor muscle performance in MS patients. No significant differences were observed between intervention and control groups in ...
The Conversation

Proprioception, our imperceptible 6th sense

Fabrice Sarlegna has received funding from the CNRS and Aix-Marseille University. Chris Miall receives funding from the NIH and the Leverhulme Foundation. He has also been funded by the Royal Society ...