This study aims to evaluate the effect of one-leg balance activity (OLBA) combined with visual feedback using BlazePod™ as a dual motor-cognitive rehabilitation task in basketball players with Chronic Ankle Instability (CAI). The intervention will be compared to OLBA alone as a motor task. Outcomes measured include dynamic balance, sense of instability, response time, athletic performance, and self-reported physical function. This study will help improve rehabilitation strategies for athletes suffering from ankle instability.
Young adult basketball athletes aged between (18 - 30) years.
A history of unilateral one or more significant ankle inversion injury occurred at least 1 year before participation in the study.
Interruption of physical activity or cessation from training for at least 24 hours following injury.
Report episodes of giving way and sense of instability of the affected ankle.
A history of previous surgery or fracture to musculoskeletal structure (bone, joint, etc.) in the limb of the affected ankle.
Acute lower limb sprain in the last 3 months before enrollment in the study resulting in interruption of physical activity for 1 day.
Any disorder or disease that could affect the balance as vestibular disorders, eye injury, and so on.
Any athlete who participates in any formal or informal rehabilitation.
Cairo University
Lead sponsor
Kafrelsheikh University
Sponsor institution