Braced for impact: Reducing military paratroopers' ankle sprains using outside-the-boot braces

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 575-580

  Amoroso, Paul J ^a   Ryan, Jack B ^b   Bickley, Barry ^c   Leitschuh, Paul ^d   Taylor, Dean C ^e   Jones, Bruce H ^f  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^b William Clay Ford Ctr Athletic Med   (United States)

^c Ireland Army Community Hospital   (United States)

^d WILLIAM BEAUMONT ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e KELLER ARMY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f U S ARMY CENTER FOR HEALTH PROMOTION AND PREVENTIVE MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ankle braces; Ankle injuries; Ankle sprains; Army paratrooper training; Injury prevention; Inversion ankle sprains; Military personnel; Outside the boot ankle braces; Parachute jump; Parachuting; Randomized intervention trial; U.S. Army; U.S. Army Airborne School

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADULT; ANKLE SPRAIN; ARMY; BRACE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FITNESS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCIDENCE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARACHUTIST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHOE; SOLDIER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031706612     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-199809000-00028     Document Type: Conference Paper

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