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However, no authors have compared the effects of self-adherent tape and lace-up ankle braces on ankle range of motion (ROM) and dynamic balance in collegiate football players.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Objective:\u2003<\/jats:title><jats:p>To examine the effectiveness of self-adherent tape and lace-up ankle braces in reducing ankle ROM and improving dynamic balance before and after a typical collegiate football practice.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Design:\u2003<\/jats:title><jats:p>Crossover study.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Setting:\u2003<\/jats:title><jats:p>Collegiate athletic training room.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Patients or Other Participants:\u2003<\/jats:title><jats:p>Twenty-nine National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I football athletes (age = 19.2 \u00b1 1.14 years, height = 187.52 \u00b1 20.54 cm, mass = 106.44 \u00b1 20.54 kg).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Intervention(s):\u2003<\/jats:title><jats:p>Each participant wore each prophylactic ankle support during a single practice, self-adherent tape on 1 leg and lace-up ankle brace on the other. Range of motion and dynamic balance were assessed 3 times for each leg throughout the testing session (baseline, prepractice, postpractice).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Main Outcome Measure(s):\u2003<\/jats:title><jats:p>Ankle ROM for inversion, eversion, dorsiflexion, and plantar flexion were measured at baseline, immediately after donning the brace or tape, and immediately after a collegiate practice. The Y-Balance Test was used to assess dynamic balance at these same time points.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results:\u2003<\/jats:title><jats:p>Both interventions were effective in reducing ROM in all directions compared with baseline; however, dynamic balance did not differ between the tape and brace conditions.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions:\u2003<\/jats:title><jats:p>Both the self-adherent tape and lace-up ankle brace provided equal ROM restriction before and after exercise, with no change in dynamic balance.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.4085\/1062-6050-486-16","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,1,9]],"date-time":"2018-01-09T18:30:29Z","timestamp":1515522629000},"page":"66-71","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":12,"title":["Collegiate Football Players' Ankle Range of Motion and Dynamic Balance in Braced and Self-Adherent\u2013Taped Conditions"],"prefix":"10.4085","volume":"53","author":[{"given":"Kristin","family":"Willeford","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Kinesiology and Recreation, Illinois State University, Normal"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Justin M.","family":"Stanek","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Kinesiology and Recreation, Illinois State University, Normal"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Todd A.","family":"McLoda","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Applied Science and Technology, Illinois State University, Normal"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"2557","reference":[{"issue":"6","key":"2020060411250829400_i1062-6050-53-1-66-b01","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"241","DOI":"10.1177\/036354657700500606","article-title":"The frequency of injury, mechanism of injury, and epidemiology of ankle sprains","volume":"5","author":"Garrick","year":"1977","journal-title":"Am J Sports Med"},{"issue":"1","key":"2020060411250829400_i1062-6050-53-1-66-b02","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"123","DOI":"10.1007\/s40279-013-0102-5","article-title":"The incidence and prevalence of ankle sprain injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective epidemiological studies","volume":"44","author":"Doherty","year":"2014","journal-title":"Sports Med"},{"issue":"3","key":"2020060411250829400_i1062-6050-53-1-66-b03","first-page":"200","article-title":"Role of external support in the prevention of ankle sprains","volume":"5","author":"Garrick","year":"1973","journal-title":"Med Sci Sports"},{"issue":"3","key":"2020060411250829400_i1062-6050-53-1-66-b04","first-page":"223","article-title":"Ankle ranges of motion during extended activity periods while taped and braced","volume":"30","author":"Paris","year":"1995","journal-title":"J Athl Train"},{"issue":"1","key":"2020060411250829400_i1062-6050-53-1-66-b05","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"33","DOI":"10.2519\/jospt.1987.9.1.33","article-title":"Comparison of support provided by ankle taping and semirigid orthosis","volume":"9","author":"Gross","year":"1987","journal-title":"J Orthop Sports Phys Ther"},{"issue":"2","key":"2020060411250829400_i1062-6050-53-1-66-b06","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"383","DOI":"10.1177\/0363546508325925","article-title":"Differences in ankle range of motion before and after exercise in 2 tape conditions","volume":"37","author":"Purcell","year":"2009","journal-title":"Am J Sports Med"},{"issue":"5","key":"2020060411250829400_i1062-6050-53-1-66-b07","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"498","DOI":"10.1177\/036354659001800509","article-title":"Comparison of support provided by a semirigid orthosis and adhesive ankle taping before, during, and after exercise","volume":"18","author":"Greene","year":"1990","journal-title":"Am J Sports Med"},{"issue":"2","key":"2020060411250829400_i1062-6050-53-1-66-b08","first-page":"136","article-title":"A comparison of moleskin tape, linen tape, and lace-up brace on joint restriction and movement performance","volume":"32","author":"Metcalfe","year":"1997","journal-title":"J Athl Train"},{"issue":"2","key":"2020060411250829400_i1062-6050-53-1-66-b09","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"223","DOI":"10.1177\/036354659402200212","article-title":"Effect of an ankle orthosis and ankle ligament anesthesia on ankle joint proprioception","volume":"22","author":"Feuerbach","year":"1994","journal-title":"Am J Sports Med"},{"issue":"3","key":"2020060411250829400_i1062-6050-53-1-66-b10","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"257","DOI":"10.1177\/036354659202000304","article-title":"The effect of external ankle support in chronic lateral ankle joint instability. 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