Immediate Effects of Ankle Mobilization on Range of Motion, Balance, and Muscle Activity in Elderly Individuals with Chronic Ankle Instability: A Pre-Post Intervention Study

11 August 2023: Clinical Research

Sunmin Kim ^1ABCDE , Sanghun Jang ^2ABCDEF*

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.941398

Med Sci Monit 2023; 29:e941398

Table 4 Changes in muscle activity following intervention.

		Experimental group (n=10)	P
		Mean±SD	P
FLOS TA (μV)	Pre	36.75±2.89
	Post	41.35±4.05
	Post-pre	4.60±2.80	.001
FLOS GCM (μV)	Pre	28.03±0.62
	Post	33.71±3.03
	Post-pre	5.68±2.78	.000
BLOS TA (μV)	Pre	36.41±1.95
	Post	43.61±2.41
	Post-pre	7.20±3.21	.000
BLOS GCM (μV)	Pre	28.45±0.87
	Post	32.82±4.38
	Post-pre	4.37±4.14	.009
LLOS TA (μV)	Pre	35.06±2.51
	Post	38.72±3.49
	Post-pre	3.66±5.17	0.052
LLOS GCM (μV)	Pre	26.70±1.93
	Post	30.39±1.09
	Post-pre	3.69±2.02	.000
RROS TA (μV)	Pre	36.96±2.21
	Post	38.44±3.11
	Post-pre	1.48±3.30	.191
RROS GCM (μV)	Pre	26.87±1.17
	Post	32.11±2.62
	Post-pre	5.24±2.74	.000
FLOS – forward limit of stability; BLOS – backward limit of stability; LLOS – left limit of stability; RLOS – right limit of stability; TA – tibialis anterior; GCM – gastrocnemius.