Purpose: This review is to systematically estimate if there is any relationship between the
shoe collar characteristic and the risk of ankle sprain by reviewing the literature. Methods …

This study examined the effects of collar height and heel counter-stiffness of basketball
shoes on ankle stability during sidestep cutting and athletic performance. 15 university …

Context: Much of the recent focus in shoe design and engineering has been on improving
athletic performance. Currently, this improvement has been in the form of “cushioned column …

Using a prospective, randomized experimental design, 622 college intramural basketball
players were stratified by a previous history of ankle sprains to wear a new pair of either high …

The Objective of the study is to investigate the effects of basketball shoes with different collar
heights on ankle kinematics and kinetics and athletic performance in different sagittal plane …

Purpose Ankle sprain is one of the most common injuries among athletes and instability and
injury to this joint is responsible for long time loss of physical and recreational activity. Also, it …

The paper critically reviews the literature concerning the effect of ankle bracing and taping
on vertical jump, agility, running speed, and broad jump performance. MEDLINE, CINAHL …

Ankle inversion injury is extremely common in basketball, whereby rearfoot inversion and
ankle plantar flexion is greater in those with injury. The current study analysed the response …

Ankle support devices are commonly used for prevention and treatment of ankle injury, but
the effect of these on sport performance has not been evaluated. The purpose of this study …

Background Ankle sprains are among the most common injuries in barefoot sport activities
such as dance, gymnastics, or trampoline. At present, the use of external ankle devices for …