Effects and dosage of exercise therapy on functional outcomes in chronic ankle instability: a systematic review and meta-analysis
This meta-analysis provides very low to moderate certainty evidence that exercise therapy improves patient-oriented function among individuals with CAI compared to comparator controls. Manual therapy of shorter duration may optimize CAIT outcomes, while longer multimodal training programs appear most effective for enhancing FAAM-A and FAAM-S scores.
Authors
- Deepashini Harithasan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2359-0720)
- Devinder Kaur Ajit Singh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6551-0437)
- Qipeng Song (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7073-3643)
- Peixin Shen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7394-1464)
- Qingqing Song (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8027-1534)
- Qi Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5287-6050)
- Dongmei Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7629-7857)
- Yanhao Liu
Institutions
- University Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre (MY)
- Shandong Sport University (CN)
- Beijing Sport University (CN)
- National University of Malaysia (MY)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Sports Science Medicine and Rehabilitation
- Published
- 2025-11-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s13102-025-01404-y
- Primary Topic
- Foot and Ankle Surgery
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00