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Podium. Revista de Ciencia y Tecnología en la Cultura Física

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Abstract

ALMENDARIZ POZO, Pablo Andrés; BONIFAZ ARIAS, Iván Giovanny; ALVAREZ ZAMBONINO, Edwin Estuardo  and  SANCHEZ ESTRADA, Klimer Gonzalo. The proprioception, method of preventing ankle injuries in top-level athletes. Rev Podium [online]. 2019, vol.14, n.3, pp.451-462.  Epub Sep 06, 2019. ISSN 1996-2452.

The objective of this research is framed in analyzing the proprioception effect as a method of prevention of ankle injuries in athletes of the higher category. The longitudinal and explanatory study is carried out at the Olmedo Sports Center in the city of Riobamba, to a population of 30 players that represented 100 %. The methodology used is part of exploratory and bibliographic documentary field methods, techniques such as interview, physiotherapy assessment sheets and modified Romberg test. The effect of the method of proprioception provides as a result that 17 (57 %) players who presented ankle discomfort, is reduced to six (20 %) players to the physiotherapy intervention. For the analysis and processing of the data obtained in the application of the method, the statistical package SPSS version 22.0 IBM is used.

Keywords : proprioception; prevention; sports injury; sport..

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