A fivefold reduction in the incidence of recurrent ankle sprains in soccer players using the sport-stirrup orthosis

Surve, Iqbal; Schwellnus, Martin P.; Noakes, Tim; Lombard, Carl

Affiliations

¹Medical Research Council, University of Cape Town, Bioenergetics of Exercise Research Unit, Department of Physiology, University of Cape Town Medical School, Cape Town, South Africa

²Institute for Biostatistics, Medical Research Council, Parow, South Africa

Abstract

A study was undertaken to evaluate the effect of a semi rigid ankle orthosis (Sport-Stirrup) on the incidence of ankle sprains in soccer players during 1 playing season. Senior soccer players were divided into 2 groups: play ers with previous ankle sprains (N = 258) and players without such history (N = 246). The players in these groups were each randomly allocated to either a semi rigid orthosis or a control group at the start of the playing season. All subsequent injuries during the season and the total number of playing hours were documented. There was a significant reduction in the incidence of ankle sprains (injuries/1 000 playing hours) by ankles in the orthosis group with previous sprains (0.14) com pared with the nonbraced group with previous sprains (0.86). The incidence of ankle sprains was significantly higher in the nonbraced group with previous sprains (0.86) compared with the nonbraced group without pre vious sprains (0.46). Thus, in this study, a semirigid or thosis significantly reduced the incidence of recurrent ankle sprains in soccer players with previous history of ankle sprains.

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DOI: 10.1177/036354659402200506

PubMed: 7810782

WoS: A1994PG13400006

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