Prevalence of Ankle Instability in Football Players in Kolhapur City

Background: Sprained ankles are a frequent injury that happens when exercising, mainly when jumping and landing. After sprains, residual ankle instability may lead to, and repeated ankle sprains may last longer while engaging in physical activity. Functional Ankle Instability (FAI) can be caused if the injury is ignored. Aim: The primary aim of this research is to check how many football players have an incidence of functional or chronic ankle instability. Methods: The subject reported with ankle evaluation, ankle joint functional assessment tool questionnaire, consent form, and visual analogue scale, this study is an observational, crosssectional study, method used for this study is simple random sampling. Result: Ankle instability can be seen more in females than males. Ankle instability is likely to be more in more experienced players. The rate of such a condition is high in individuals who play football. Mean vas is greater in females than males. Conclusion: According to this research, ankle instability among 72 football players is determined by AJFAT, ADT and PDT and are reported as 62.5%, 13.88%, and 9.72% respectively. Major Findings: From this study it has been seen that the football players who have participated showed previous as well as currently suffering ankle sprains. Ankle sprain is more common in football players. The prevalence is about 62.5% according to the standardized tool AJFAT. Majorly females are having more ankle instability than males.