A Dissertation submitted to the
Department of Physiology, University of
Witwatersrand, Johannesburg in fulfilment
of the requirements for the degree
of Master of science in Medicine. / The management and prevention of ankle sprains had been a
topic of controversy in the sport medical literature to
date, with various rehabilitative and preventative protocols
having been suggested. In part one of this study, a
relatively new rehabilitative device, the Cybex II
Dynamometer,was used to determine whether the rehabilitation
period of ankle sprain injuries could be reduced in recently
injured patients. In part two, the Cybex II Dynamometer was
used in conjunction with other training techniques in a
preventative trial of first league volleyball players, to
see whether the incidence of ankle sprains (which is
particularly high in this population group) could be
reduced.
Although the experimental group was discharged almost 35
percent sooner than the control group in part one, the
difference was not found to be statistically significant. In
part two the preventative measures resulted in a notable
difference in the incidence of injuries (32 percent in the
control group compared to 11 percent in the experimental,
group). Differences were just not statistically significant
(p=O.059). / Andrew Chakane 2018
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:wits/oai:wiredspace.wits.ac.za:10539/25924 |
| Date | January 1993 |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | application/pdf |
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