The effectiveness of active exercise as an intervention for functional ankle instability: A systematic review

Sports Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 553-563

  Loudon, Janice K ^a,c   Santos, Marcio J ^b   Franks, Leah ^a   Liu, Wen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ankle injuries; Exercise; Exercise therapy

Indexed keywords

ANKLE INSTABILITY; BALANCE TRAINING; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; HUMAN; JOINT LAXITY; KINESIOTHERAPY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TRAINING; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; PROGRESSIVE RESISTIVE EXERCISE; PROPRIOCEPTION; PUBLICATION; RANGE OF MOTION; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANKLE JOINT; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PROPRIOCEPTION;

EID: 45549087390     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00007256-200838070-00003     Document Type: Review

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