Abstract
Do Ankle Sleeves And Lace-Up Braces Effect Neuromuscular Control And Athletic Performance?
Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine, Vol.3(7_suppl2)
07/01/2015
DOI: 10.1177/2325967115S00042
Abstract
Objectives
To evaluate the effects of neoprene sleeves (NSs) and prophylactic knee braces (PKBs) on neuromuscular control and cutting agility.
Design
Markerless motion-capture technology tracked subjects (1) without a brace as a control (2) with NSs and (3) with PKBs during single-leg drop vertical jump (SLDVJ), single-leg squat (SLS), Y-excursion, and cutting movements. Movements were recorded five times per bracing condition in three different sessions.
Setting
University laboratory.
Participants
Ten healthy, active subjects (5 male, 5 female; age range, 22–26 years).
Main outcome measures
Degrees of motion and time to completion.
Results
Use of NSs and PKBs reduced subjects' hip internal rotation in the loading phase of SLDVJ (p = 0.026, 0.02) and SLS (p = 0.005, <0.001), reduced knee flexion in the loading phase of SLDVJ (p = 0.038, <0.001), and reduced knee frontal plane abduction (FPA) with SLS (p = 0.015, 0.024) and Y-excursion (p = 0.002, 0.005) compared to control. Use of PKBs decreased subjects’ hip internal rotation in the Y-excursion (p = 0.024) and reduced knee FPA in the SLDVJ loading phase (p = 0.014) compared to control. There was no difference in cutting agility for either group (p = 0.145, 0.347).
Conclusion
Both NSs and PKBs positively impacted neuromuscular control without impacting cutting agility.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Do Ankle Sleeves And Lace-Up Braces Effect Neuromuscular Control And Athletic Performance?
- Creators
- Blake Bodendorfer - University of MissouriGary Stover - University of MissouriChristopher Ryan James - Orthopedic InstituteNicholas R. Arnold - University of MissouriBen Summerhays - University of MissouriAaron D. Gray - University of MissouriSeth Lawrence Sherman - University of Missouri
- Resource Type
- Abstract
- Publication Details
- Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine, Vol.3(7_suppl2)
- DOI
- 10.1177/2325967115S00042
- ISSN
- 2325-9671
- eISSN
- 2325-9671
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 07/01/2015
- Academic Unit
- Cardiovascular Medicine; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984944718002771
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