The effect of ankle bracing on athletic performance

Sports Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 171-178

  Bot, Sandra D M ^a   Van Mechelen, Willem ^b,c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANKLE SPRAIN; BRACE; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT MOBILITY; JUMPING; LIGAMENT; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; REVIEW; RUNNING;

ANKLE JOINT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BRACES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPORTS;

EID: 0032936802     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00007256-199927030-00003     Document Type: Review

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