Running head: NEUROMUSCULAR IN ANKLE: ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Neuromuscular Control and Treatments in the Ankle: An Annotated Bibliography Lorraine Haselden Chapin High School

Neuromuscular Control and Treatments in the Ankle: An Annotated Bibliography Neuromuscular control and treatment is very important in the ankle. You can treat many different injuries (ankle instability, chronic ankle instability, sprain ankles, etc.) using different neuromuscular treatments. Neuromuscular treatments can also help to strength the ankle and prevent other ankle injuries. There are also many different types of neuromuscular disease in your ankle (e.g. tarsel tunnel syndrome). This research helped me to learn about all the different treatments and diseases that are related to the neuromuscular system in the ankle. Coughlan, G., & Caulfield, B. (2007, January). A 4-Week Neuromuscular Training Program and Gait Patterns at the Ankle Joint. Journal of Athletic Training. Retrieved March 4, 2013, from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1896080/ This source is an online article from the Journal of Athletic Training. This source is reputable because it's a .gov site, the writers both have degrees in physical therapy (one of them has a degree in physical therapy, a PhD, and MSci), and it's an athletic training journal. This specific article talks about how when patients go through a neuromuscular training program, their results cannot be measured. They proved their point by having a research project (which is what the article is about). This source was fairly helpful with more information on how to treat ankle instability. European Federation of Neurological Societies/Peripheral Nerve Society Guideline on the use of skin biopsy in the diagnosis of small fiber neuropathy. Report of a joint task force of the European Federation of Neurological Societies and the Peripheral Ner. (2010). Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System, 15(2), 79-92. doi: 10.1111/j.1529-8027.2010.00269.x This source was found on DISCUS, it is originally from the European Journal of Neuropathy, this makes it a reputable source because it's a medical journal, so it's read

and reviewed by doctors around the world. In this article, it talks about revising the guidelines for the use of skin biopsy in the diagnosis of peripheral nervous problems. This article also talks about how to do a skin biopsy, and how to choose the area of skin to use for the test. It also talks about the safety and different recommendations when using this technique. This article was fairly helpful because it talked about different neuromuscular diagnosis techniques. I found it especially interesting to learn about skin biopsies. Lin, C. C., Delahunt, E., & King, E. (2012). Neuromuscular training for chronic ankle instability. Linking Evidence and Practice, 92(8), 1-6. Retrieved March 1, 2013. This source talks about neuromuscular training for chronic ankle instability. This article first talks about the findings of the experiment. The article then talks about how these findings can be used in physical therapy in real life. To show this, it presents a real case in which neuromuscular training helped a patient. Lastly, the article shows the how you can be advised based on this research. This was a fairly helpful source because it talks about how neuromuscular training can help patients. Phillips, M., Flemming, N., & Tsintzas, K. (2009). An exploratory study of physical activity and perceived barriers to exercise in ambulant people with neuromuscular disease compared with unaffected controls. Clinical Rehabilitation, 23(8), 746-755. doi: 10.1177/0269215509334838 This source is an article I found on DISCUS, from the University Of Nottingham Division Of Rehabilitation Medicine. This article is an exploratory study of the physical activity and perceived barriers to exercise for people with neuromuscular disease. This is a study that was conducted with patients from and outpatient clinic. To participate in the

study, the patients had to have neuromuscular disease. There was also a control group of regular people without neuromuscular disease. This study compared the different activity levels of each group. This wasn't a very helpful source because it was based on people with all sorts of neuromuscular disease as opposed to just neuromuscular disease in the ankle which is what I am focused on. Witjes, S., Gresnigt, F., Bekerom, M., Olsman, J. G., & Van Dijk, N. C. (2012). The ankle trial (ankle treatment after injuries of the ankle ligaments): What is the benefit of external support devices in the functional treatment of acute ankle sprain?: A randomized controlled trial. BioMed Central, 1-7. This source was found on DISCUS, it is from the BioMed Central Medical journals, this makes it a reputable source because it is written and reviewed by doctors around the country. The article also has a page of the resources used to create this article. This study is about three different treatments of injuries to ankle ligaments. In this study, they test which of the three treatments outlined in the study is most effective. They found in the study that the best treatment was using varied exercises. They have already implemented this treatment in The Netherlands. This wasn't very helpful because it didn't really talk about neuromuscular treatments. It was helpful though because I could learn about other ways to treat ankle injuries.