The purpose of this study is to examine the effectiveness of a novel ankle rehabilitation protocol on improving clinical and health outcomes in physically active individuals with chronic ankle instability (CAI). Our central hypothesis is NATION, a novel rehabilitation intervention that includes neurocognitive tasks, will improve overall health and function, and reduce lower extremity musculoskeletal injury in physically active individuals with CAI.
Physically active and engage in regular exercise/training
18-44 years old (accounts for 86% of the individuals deployed in recent military conflicts)
Answer "yes" to Question 1 (i.e., have you ever sprained an ankle?) on the Ankle Instability Instrument
Answer "yes" to any four of the remaining Ankle Instability Instrument questions
Unable to read or comprehend the English language.
An ankle sprain within the last six (≤6) weeks that resulted in altered or missed physical activity for one or more (≥1) consecutive days.
History of ankle surgery.
History of lower extremity fracture in the last year or history of fracture that required fixation.
Womack Army Medical Center
Lead sponsor
University of Kentucky
Collaborator