Current ankle sprain prevention and management strategies of netball athletes: a scoping review of the literature and comparison with best-practice recommendations.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Ankle sprains are the most commonly reported injury in netball. Approximately four in five netball athletes will sustain an ankle sprain, up to half will go on to sustain recurrent ankle sprains, and nine in ten report perceived ankle instability. Historically, prevention and management strategies of ankle sprains and injuries have been investigated for a variety of sports, however, no literature reviews have investigated these in netball athletes, or compared these with current best-practice within the literature. Therefore, this scoping review aims to understand how netball athletes currently prevent and manage ankle sprains and to compare these approaches with best-practice recommendations.

Methods

A literature search was conducted using MEDLINE, CINAHL, and SP

SUBMITTER: Rowe PL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8449445 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature