Revisión de las repercusiones de los esguinces de tobillo sobre el equilibrio postural

Abstract

The lateral ankle sprain is one of the most common injuries in sports and can affect different components of postural control. This literature review analyses the studies that evaluate the postural control through static balance tests, dynamic balance tests and dynamic balance functional tests in subjects who have suffered an ankle sprain and healthy subjects using quantitative methods. Injured ankles lead to a greater total path of the centre of pressure and an increased muscle latency time. Furthermore, the antero-posterior time of stabilisation increases and decreases the reach distance that can be taken by the centres of pressure. However, in some of the studies found, less objective methods are used in the selection of the subjects with an ankle sprain, and in others, non-sensitive tests and variables are used to study the consequences of postural control deficits after an ankle sprain.