Semi-rigid brace and taping decrease variability of the ankle joint position sense

• Main Authors: Márcia Barbanera (Author), Flávia de Andrade e Souza Mazuchi (Author), José Paulo Berretta Batista (Author), Janaina de Moura Ultremare (Author), Juliana da Silva Iwashita (Author), Ulysses Fernandes Ervilha (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), 2014-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The present study investigated the effect of taping and the semi-rigid ankle brace on ankle joint position sense. Sixteen healthy women (20.8 ± 2.3 years old) actively placed the ankle in a target position. The experimental conditions were: 1) wearing no orthosis device, 2) using semi-rigid brace, a...