Predicting Range of Motion Improvements Following STARS Treatments in Chronic Ankle Instability Patients

in International Journal of Athletic Therapy and Training
Erik A. Wikstrom 1 and Patrick O. McKeon 2
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  • 1 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • 2 Ithaca College
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1123/ijatt.2017-0087
Keywords:
massage; joint mobilizations; stretching; probability
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Multiple treatment options have been shown to improve dorsiflexion range of motion (DFROM) group means in patients with chronic ankle instability (CAI). However, not all patients with CAI respond equally to these treatments. The aim of this study was to identify predictors of successfully improving dorsiflexion range of motion (DFROM) in patients with CAI. Patients with <11.41 cm of DFROM had a 98% probability of a meaningful DFROM improvement following ankle joint mobilizations. Individual predictors of success for plantar massage and calf stretching were also identified and resulted in >92% posttest probabilities. Simple pretreatment assessments can dramatically improve treatment success probability following STARS in patients with CAI.

Erik A. Wikstrom is with the Department of Exercise & Sport Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC. Patrick O. McKeon is with the Department of Exercise and Sports Science, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY. Matthew Hoch, PhD, ATC, University of Kentucky, is the report editor for this article.

Address author correspondence to Erik Wikstrom at wikstrom@unc.edu.

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