Ankle Kinetics During Landing Tasks in Participants with Chronic Ankle Instability and Uninjured Controls

Lateral ankle sprains are a common injury sustained by physically active individuals. Many of these individuals will incur repetitive episodes of lateral ankle sprain, resulting in chronic ankle instability (CAI). CAI has been heavily researched, but few conclusions have been drawn. Much of this research has focused on sagittal plane kinematics and kinetics. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to compare three-dimensional ankle joint kinetics during functional landing tasks in participants with CAI and uninjured controls. Participants performed single-leg vertical drop landings and single-leg cross-over landings. There were no significant differences between the two groups for ankle net joint moments (plantarflexion/dorsiflexion, inversion/eversion, internal/external rotation) and ankle net joint forces (axial, anterior/posterior, medial/lateral) at any time point from ground contact to 150 ms after. We conclude that those with CAI do not suffer from an alteration in motor programming, and are able to absorb forces upon landing similar to uninjured individuals.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science in Kinesiology (M.S.)

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis (open access)

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Department of Health and Kinesiology

Year dc:date.available

2006

Author dc:creator

• Bauer, Alison Lorinda

Contributors dc:contributor

• A. Barry Joyner
• Steve Elliott

• ETD
• Ankle instability
• Landing
• Kinetics
• Ankle

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/etd/95

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu:etd-1095