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This study aimed to identify intrafoot coordination and its variability in copers while walking.\n                  <\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>\n                    <jats:bold>Methods:<\/jats:bold>\n                    The study included 12 copers, 13 patients with CAI, and ten control patients. The participants were required to walk on a treadmill at a fixed speed of 1.3 m\/sec. Using the modified vector coding technique, the coupling angle between the intrafoot joints, representing interjoint coordination, was calculated and categorized into four coordination patterns. The coupling angle standard deviation represented the coordination variability during the stance phase.\n                  <\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>\n                    <jats:bold>Results:<\/jats:bold>\n                    The coordination between the rearfoot and midfoot in the frontal plane showed a significantly lower proportion of antiphase with proximal dominance in the coper group than in the CAI and control groups during midstance (\n                    <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                    &lt; .05). Regarding coordination between the midfoot and forefoot in the sagittal plane, the coper group also showed a significantly lower proportion of in-phase coordination with distal dominance than the CAI group during midstance (\n                    <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                    &lt; .05). For coordination between the midfoot and forefoot in the frontal plane, the coper group also showed a significantly lower proportion of antiphase with distal dominance than the CAI group during late stance (\n                    <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                    &lt; .05).The coordination variability between the sagittal midfoot and forefoot in the coper group was significantly lower than that in the CAI group and similar to that in the control group during midstance (\n                    <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                    &lt; .05).\n                  <\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>\n                    <jats:bold>Conclusions:<\/jats:bold>\n                    These differences may explain why copers do not experience ankle sprain recurrence.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.7547\/23-203","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,1,31]],"date-time":"2025-01-31T12:34:33Z","timestamp":1738326873000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Intrafoot Coordination and Its Variability During Walking in Males with and Without Chronic Ankle Instability"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"115","author":[{"given":"Takahiro","family":"Watanabe","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute for Human Movement and Medical Sciences, Niigata University of Health and Welfare, Niigata, Japan."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Tomoya","family":"Takabayashi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute for Human Movement and Medical Sciences, Niigata University of Health and Welfare, Niigata, Japan."},{"name":"Department of Physical Therapy, Niigata University of Health and Welfare, Niigata, Japan."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Takanori","family":"Kikumoto","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute for Human Movement and Medical Sciences, Niigata University of Health and Welfare, Niigata, Japan."},{"name":"Department of Physical Therapy, Niigata University of Health and Welfare, Niigata, Japan."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yudai","family":"Kikuchi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute for Human Movement and Medical Sciences, Niigata University of Health and Welfare, Niigata, Japan."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Masayoshi","family":"Kubo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute for Human Movement and Medical Sciences, Niigata University of Health and Welfare, Niigata, Japan."},{"name":"Department of Physical Therapy, Niigata University of Health and Welfare, Niigata, Japan."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","reference":[{"key":"B1","series-title":"J Athl Train","first-page":"311","article-title":"Epidemiology of collegiate injuries for 15 sports: summary and recommendations for injury prevention initiatives","volume":"42","author":"Hootman JM","year":"2007","unstructured":"Hootman JM, Dick R, Agel J: Epidemiology of collegiate injuries for 15 sports: summary and recommendations for injury prevention initiatives. 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