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Ankle bracing is commonly used in sport to prevent these injuries, but no researchers have examined the effects of ankle bracing on plantar loading.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Objective<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>To evaluate the effects of ankle braces on plantar loading during athletic tasks.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Design<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Cross-sectional study.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Setting<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Laboratory.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Patients or Other Participants<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>A total of 36 participants (11 men, 25 women; age = 23.1 \u00b1 2.5 years, height = 1.72 \u00b1 0.09 m, mass = 66.3 \u00b1 14.7 kg) were recruited for this study.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Intervention(s)<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Participants completed walking, running, and cutting tasks in 3 bracing conditions: no brace, lace-up ankle-support brace, and semirigid brace.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Main Outcome Measure(s)<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>We analyzed the plantar-loading variables of contact area, maximum force, and force-time integral for 2 midfoot and 3 forefoot regions and assessed the displacement of the center of pressure. A 3 \u00d7 3 mixed-model repeated-measures analysis of variance was used to determine the effects of brace and foot type (\u03b1 = .05).<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Foot type affected force measures in the middle (P range = .003\u2013.047) and the medial side of the foot (P range = .004\u2013.04) in all tasks. Brace type affected contact area in the medial midfoot during walking (P = .005) and cutting (P = .01) tasks, maximum force in the medial and lateral midfoot during all tasks (P &amp;lt; .001), and force-time integral in the medial midfoot during all tasks (P &amp;lt; .001). Portions of the center-of-pressure displacement were affected by brace wear in both the medial-lateral and anterior-posterior directions (P range = .001\u2013.049).<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Ankle braces can be worn to redistribute plantar loading. Additional research should be done to evaluate their effectiveness in injury prevention.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.4085\/1062-6050-164-20","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,5,17]],"date-time":"2021-05-17T18:30:19Z","timestamp":1621276219000},"page":"461-472","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":7,"title":["Foot Posture and Plantar Loading With Ankle Bracing"],"prefix":"10.4085","volume":"56","author":[{"given":"Laura C.","family":"Dickerson","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Kevin P. 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