Effectiveness of proprioceptive exercises for ankle ligament injury in adults: A systematic literature and meta-analysis

Manual Therapy

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 285-291

  Postle, K ^a   Pak, D ^b   Smith, T O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Joint position sense; Kinaesthesia; Sprain; Talocrucial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE INJURY; ANKLE LIGAMENT INJURY; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; LIGAMENT INJURY; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; PROPRIOCEPTIVE EXERCISE; RANGE OF MOTION; RECURRENT DISEASE; REHABILITATION CARE; REVIEW; SWELLING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ADULT; ANKLE INJURIES; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; JOINT INSTABILITY; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PROPRIOCEPTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861479701     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: 15322769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2012.02.016     Document Type: Review

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