Effects of Ankle Bracing and Attentional Focus on Landing Biomechanics in Healthy Females
December 2020
in “
Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology
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TLDR Ankle braces reduce motion, while external focus improves hip and knee movements.
This document is not related to hair loss, alopecia, or hair growth. It is a study on the effects of ankle bracing and attentional focus on landing biomechanics in healthy females. The study found that ankle bracing decreased peak dorsiflexion and sagittal range of motion, and peak inversion and frontal range of motion, but increased hip flexion range of motion. Regardless of ankle bracing, external focus of attention increased peak hip flexion and hip flexion range of motion, while decreasing peak knee valgus and knee valgus moment. Additionally, external focus of attention increased peak hip abduction to a similar degree when braced and not braced.
