Abstract

The ankle is among the sites most affected by acute and chronic injuries in athletes and physically active individuals [1,2]. They are especially prevalent in sports requiring frequent jumping, directional changes and pivoting such as basketball, football, soccer, handball, netball, volleyball and fencing [1,3,4]. Ankle sprains often result in persisting limitations to the joint, like pain, swelling, disability, dysfunction, time lost from activity, the requirement for treatment, and economic burden [5-8]. Athletes who sprain their ankle are prone to reinjure the same ankle, with recurrent ankle sprains commonly leading to chronic instability [7,9]. Chronic ankle instability is a term used to describe these persisting limitations this is a risk factor for future sprain [6,10-12].