Pain alleviation improves balance control and muscular coordination of lower limbs in patients with chronic ankle instability during sinusoidal perturbations

Individuals who had chronic ankle instability and ankle pain demonstrated impaired balance control during sinusoidal perturbations. Mitigating pain improved their balance performance, evident in the center of pressure pattern and the coordination of lower limb muscles.

Source: Clinical Biomechanics - December 26, 2023 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Yungu Chen, Shengxuan Cao, Wenming Chen, Chao Zhang, Jiazhang Huang, Xu Wang, Xin Ma Source Type: research