Noriaki Maeda, Yasunari Ikuta, Shogo Tsutsumi, Satoshi Arima, Honoka Ishihara, Kai Ushio, Yukio Mikami, Makoto Komiya, Yuichi Nishikawa, Tomoyuki Nakasa, Nobuo Adachi, Yukio Urabe
BACKGROUND: Competitive adolescent athletes should be aware of the early signs of chronic ankle instability (CAI) and the connection between the condition and performance. PURPOSE: To investigate whether CAI is related to foot alignment and morphology as well as dynamic postural stability after a jump landing among adolescent competitive athletes with and without a history of a lateral ankle sprain and CAI. STUDY DESIGN: Cross-sectional study; Level of evidence, 3...
October 2023: Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine