Jump landing among chronic ankle instability individuals who did or did not attend rehabilitation at the time of injury.

The purpose was to compare vertical ground reaction forces and sagittal-plane energy dissipation patterns of the lower extremity during a single-limb jump-stabilization task between individuals with chronic ankle instability who did or did not attend rehabilitation after their initial ankle sprain. Cross-sectional. Research laboratory. Eight participants with chronic ankle instability who did and 12 participants who did not attend rehabilitation were enrolled. Normalized vertical ground reaction force data were used to calculate the average loading rate, time to peak force, and the peak force. Sagittal plane kinematics and joint moments at the ankle, knee, and hip, were used to calculate each joint's relative energy dissipation at 50, 100, 150, and 200 ms post-landing. Participants who attended rehabilitation had a slower average loading rate (P = 0.025) and smaller peak vertical ground reaction force (P = 0.025). The average relative energy dissipation at the knee was higher in those who attended rehabilitation at the 100 ms (P = 0.041), 150 ms (P = 0.046), and 200 ms (P = 0.042) time intervals. Attending rehabilitation after an ankle sprain may have a beneficial effect on jump-stabilization outcomes among individuals with chronic ankle instability.

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