Background: The use of external ankle support is widespread throughout sports medicine. However, the application of ankle bracing to a healthy ankle over a long period has been scrutinised because of ...

1 Sports Medicine/Athletic Training Research Laboratory, Department of Human Services, University of Virginia, PO Box 400407, 210 Emmet Street, South, Charlottesville, VA 22904-4407, USA 2 Sports ...

Tendon taps were delivered manually with an instrumented hammer to the tendons of the tibialis anterior and soleus muscle in positions of full-ankle dorsiflexion and plantarflexion in eight subjects ...

TYPE 2 diabetes results in serious health complications if left untreated. Allowing blood sugar levels to build-up in the body for too long can cause nerve damage, among other things, so it is ...

All patients with back pain should have a screening neurologic evaluation including motor function, perineal and lower extremity sensation, deep tendon reflexes, and Babinski reflexes. This brief ...