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Ankle Bracing is Effective for Primary and Secondary Prevention of Acute Ankle Injuries in Athletes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses by Ingrid Barelds; Anke G. van den Broek; Bionka M. A. Huisstede is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.

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## Background: Ankle bracing has been verified as being effective for secondary prevention of ankle injuries. however, new studies have recently been published that are not included in previous meta-analyses. furthermore, the effects of bracing for primary prevention of ankle injuries are still unclear. ## Objective: The objective of this article was to systematically review the literature about the effectiveness of ankle bracing on primary and secondary prevention of acute ankle injuries in athletes. ## Methods: We searched pubmed, embase, sportdiscus, cinahl, and pedro databases for eligible articles until july 2018. randomized controlled trials that studied ankle bracing vs. no intervention for athletes were included. risk of bias was assessed with the cochrane risk of bias tool. meta-analyses were conducted to study the effect of ankle bracing for primary and secondary prevention of ankle injuries. the grading of recommendation assessment, development, and evaluation method was used to determine the quality of evidence. ## Results: We included six randomized controlled trials. significant risk ratios of 0.53 (95% confidence interval 0.32-0.88) and 0.37 (95% confidence interval

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Author

Ingrid Barelds; Anke G. van den Broek; Bionka M. A. Huisstede

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Published

2018

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)