Ankle Stability and Single-Leg Balance Control in Collegiate Female Soccer Players versus Non-Soccer Players
JESUS R AGUILAR, COURTNIE CANO, MATTHEW CUNNINGHAM, YOU-JOU HUNG · 2024
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Description
Aguilar and three co-authors compare ankle stability and balance in female college soccer players and non-players, in a 2024 study. Ankle sprains are common in the sport and can echo into later balance trouble. The team wondered if weaker ankles mean weaker balance.
Eighteen soccer players and 22 non-players took part. Over half the players had chronic ankle instability, against about 9 percent of non-players. Their stability scores were clearly lower. Yet static and dynamic one leg balance matched the non-players. Stability scores barely correlated with balance at all. Years of training may teach players to balance around loose ankles, the authors suggest.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | JESUS R AGUILAR, COURTNIE CANO, MATTHEW CUNNINGHAM, YOU-JOU HUNG |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 20 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |