An experimental study: Does postural sway decrease with ankle bracing?
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- Title
- An experimental study: Does postural sway decrease with ankle bracing?
- Author(s)
- Bicknell, E
- Abstract
- The investigation looked at the change in AP and ML postural sway during standing with the influence of an ankle brace. The investigations consider the stability of the ankle joint and in the case of ankle sprain how it affects the proprioception and overall postural balance of the body which may cause re-occurrence of ankle sprains. The hypothesis states that an ankle brace will decrease postural sway and follows the main focus that a weakness to the major ligaments, disruption to ligamentocapsular and joint receptors affects the joint's sense of position and reduces its peroneal reflex altering the body's centre of pressure. A change in centre of pressure may increase the postural sway in quiet stance but also during gait which may predispose with those changes to ankle sprains. The ankle brace, the Neo-G ankle support, holds the joint in a neutral position supporting the subtalar joint and allows time for the capsule/ligaments to heal. The ankle brace alters the joint's positional sense, increasing proprioceptive feedback and indirectly reduces the distance of sway. The investigation was carried out on 45 subjects at the ESO site with the use of the Kistler forceplatform, Bioware software and 2 Neo-G ankle supports. The 45 subjects were randomly picked men and women from 18-55 years of age; 15 were those who have had a previous ankle sprain in the last 5 years (Group I ) and 30 with no history of ankle injury. The 30 were divided into Control or Group 2. They were asked to stand quietly on the Kistler forceplatform, a reading was measured with the Bioware software, and the trial was repeated but with the correct ankle brace worn for each group. Before and after data was collected and compared on Excel and PaST programs. There was a p-value of 0.55/0.56 between each group separately and together with 0.40, therefore no significant differences were found. The raw data showed some change from all three groups and a pattern of reduction in sway could be seen from before and after data however the null hypotheses could not be rejected, thus ankle bracing had no effect on postural sway.
- presented at
- European School of Osteopathy
- Date Accepted
- 2012
- Date Submitted
- 22.1.2013 16:23:35
- Type
- osteo_thesis
- Language
- English
- Submitted by:
- 62
- Pub-Identifier
- 15206
- Inst-Identifier
- 1229
- Keywords
- Postural sway, Ankle bracing, Force platform
- Recommended
- 0
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- Thesis
Bicknell, E, “An experimental study: Does postural sway decrease with ankle bracing?”, Osteopathic Research Web, accessed May 2, 2024, https://www.osteopathicresearch.com/s/orw/item/859