Table 1. Participants’ characteristics.
| Characteristics |
Patients
with CAI (n = 20) |
LAS copers
(n = 20) |
Controls
(n = 20) |
| Sex
(male, female) |
12, 8 |
12, 8 |
15, 5 |
| Age
(years) |
26.30 ± 4.95 |
27.85 ± 4.50 |
27.45 ± 3.80 |
| Height
(cm) |
174.41 ± 8.39 |
173.64 ± 7.72 |
174.66 ± 7.33 |
| Weight
(kg) |
71.57 ± 16.60 |
71.95 ± 13.61 |
69.26 ± 9.47 |
| Number
of sprains |
9.03 ± 12.68 |
1.35 ± 0.49 |
0.0 ± 0.0 |
| Ankle
Instability Instrument # |
7.15 ± 1.98 |
2.15 ± 0.57 |
0.0 ± 0.0 |
| FAAM:
ADL subscale score (%) |
87.35 ± 1.86 |
99.88 ± 0.37 |
100 ± 0.0 |
| FAAM:
Sports subscale score (%) |
74.1 ± 8.18 |
99.55 ± 1.11 |
100 ± 0.0 |
| Tegner
activity score (level) |
7.25 ± 1.65 |
7.60 ± 1.90 |
6.85 ± 1.35 |
| Last
cycle of fatigue protocol |
| Heart
rate (bpm) |
180.35 ± 9.61 |
180.80 ± 5.99 |
180.2 ± 7.77 |
| % of
max heart rate |
95.66 ± 5.33 |
96.27 ± 2.92 |
96.21 ± 3.89 |
| RPE
scale |
17.95 ± 1.05 |
17.70 ± 0.86 |
18.05 ± 1.15 |
# Number of ‘yes’ answers to yes/no questions. All data are expressed as mean±standard deviation, except for sex (expressed as numbers). ADL: activities of daily living; CAI: chronic ankle instability; FAAM: Foot and Ankle Ability Measure; LAS: lateral ankle sprain; RPE: rating of perceived exertion.
