TY - JOUR T1 - Between limb differences during static balance tests with and without permanent ligament loosening JO - Apunts Sports Medicine T2 - AU - Martín-Casado,Laura AU - Avendaño-Coy,Juan AU - López Elvira,José Luis AU - Fernández Rodríguez,José Manuel AU - Alegre,Luis M. AU - Aguado,Xavier SN - 18866581 UR - https://www.apunts.org/en-between-limb-differences-during-static-articulo-S1886658110000228 AB - ObjectiveThe purpose of this study was to analyse within subject differences in a number of static balance tests, performed during monopodal stance.Material and methodsThe tests were carried out comparing the ankle with a previous lateral ligament injury (with permanent ligament loosening) and the one without ligament loosening. Fourteen volunteer subjects were recruited for the study (6 women and 8 men), all of them physically active, with a mean age of 19.9±3.8 years. The measurements included the ankle range of motion (static and passive), and the path of the centre of pressures during a monopodal balance test on a force platform (60s last), in three different conditions: on the platform, on a foam pad and during the application of electrical stimulation on the tibialis anterior muscle. All the measurements and tests were applied on both legs, injured and uninjured.ResultsThe anterio-posterior path of the centre of pressures was greater in the previously injured limb in the test on the foam pad (injured=60.9±14.3mm; uninjured=51.8±9.5mm) (p ER -