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Phillip A Gribble1, Eamonn Delahunt2, Chris Bleakley3, Brian Caulfield4, Carrie Docherty5, François Fourchet6, Daniel Tik-Pui Fong7, Jay Hertel8, Claire Hiller9, Thomas Kaminski10, Patrick McKeon11, Kathryn Refshauge9, Philip van der Wees12, Bill Vincenzino13, Erik Wikstrom14.
Abstract
While research on chronic ankle instability (CAI) and awareness of its impact on society and health care systems has grown substantially in the last 2 decades, the inconsistency in participant/patient selection criteria across studies presents a potential obstacle to addressing the problem properly. This major gap within the literature limits the ability to generalise this evidence to the target patient population. Therefore, there is a need to provide standards for patient/participant selection criteria in research focused on CAI with justifications using the best available evidence. The International Ankle Consortium provides this position paper to present and discuss an endorsed set of selection criteria for patients with CAI based on the best available evidence to be used in future research and study designs. These recommendations will enhance the validity of research conducted in this clinical population with the end goal of bringing the research evidence to the clinician and patient. Published by the BMJ Publishing Group Limited. For permission to use (where not already granted under a licence) please go to http://group.bmj.com/group/rights-licensing/permissions.Entities:
Keywords: Ankle injuries
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Year: 2013 PMID: 24255768 DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2013-093175
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Br J Sports Med ISSN: 0306-3674 Impact factor: 13.800