Exercise and ankle sprain injuries: A comprehensive review

Physician and Sportsmedicine

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 88-93

  Calatayud, Joaquin ^a   Borreani, Sebastien ^a   Colado, Juan Carlos ^a   Flandez, Jorge ^b   Page, Phil ^c   Andersen, Lars L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Ankle sprain; Balance training; Injury prevention; Neuromuscular training; Sensorimotor training

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ANKLE INSTABILITY; ANKLE SPRAIN; ARTICLE; DYNAMIC EXERCISE; EXERCISE; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT MOBILITY; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MUSCLE TRAINING; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; PLYOMETRICS; SPORT INJURY; SYNOVITIS; ANKLE; ANKLE INJURY; INJURY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANKLE INJURIES; ANKLE JOINT; EXERCISE; HUMANS; SPRAINS AND STRAINS;

EID: 84899153128     PISSN: 00913847     EISSN: 23263660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/psm.2014.02.2051     Document Type: Article

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