Chronic ankle instability is associated with proprioception deficits: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Acute ankle injury causes damage to joint mechanoreceptors and deafferentation and contributes to proprioception deficits in patients with chronic ankle instability (CAI). We aimed to explore whether deficits of proprioception, including kinesthesia and joint position sense (JPS), exist in patients with CAI when compared with the uninjured contralateral side and healthy people. We hypothesized that proprioception deficits did exist in patients with CAI and that the deficits varied by test methodologies.

Methods

The study was a systematic review and meta-analysis. We identified studies that compared kinesthesia or JPS in patients with CAI with the uninjured contralateral side or with healthy controls. Meta-analyses were conducted for the studies with similar test p

SUBMITTER: Xue X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7987558 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature