Performance Function Tests in Healthy Athletes:

Foot & Ankle Orthopaedics

JustinGreisberg¹ 

关键词: Ankle Return to Play;   

DOI  :  10.1177/2473011418S00229

学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: Sage Journals

【 摘 要 】

Category:SportsIntroduction/Purpose:A challenge for physicians is determining when an injured athlete is ready to return to competition. While a wide variety of ankle strength and fitness tests have been described, there are no norms or minimum performance thresholds for any of them. In this study, healthy athletes were given a series of functional tests to complete. We propose that there will be a minimum performance level for each of the tests that all athletes can complete. We also propose, for tests which assess the right and left legs independently, that performance of the right leg will consistently be within 10% of the left. Finally, we propose that performance on one of the functional tests will be predictive of function on all of the tests.Methods:Healthy college athletes were put through a testing protocol, beginning with simple range of motion assessment and progressing through a series of functional ankle tests of increasing difficulty. The athlete began with the dorsiflexion lunge test, and t...

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