PMID- 28371739 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20180222 LR - 20181202 IS - 1879-2219 (Electronic) IS - 0966-6362 (Linking) VI - 54 DP - 2017 May TI - Immediate effects of shoes inducing ankle-destabilization around Henke's axis during challenging walking gaits: Gait kinematics and peroneal muscles activities. PG - 259-264 LID - S0966-6362(17)30095-4 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2017.03.022 [doi] AB - Due to its high frequency of occurrence, as well as possible residual symptoms, proper treatment of lateral ankle sprains (LAS) is important. From a physiological point of view, increasing the quantity of electromyographic (EMG) activity in the peroneal muscles will mechanically improve the functional stability of the ankle joint. The present study investigated the immediate effects of an ankle destabilization device (ADD) specifically designed to induce imbalances along the Henke's axis during 3 challenging walking tasks. As the effects of such a device have to be tested on healthy participants before being implemented in rehabilitation programs, 12 healthy participants performed 3 different types of walking (normal, aligned, and jumping walking) while the EMG activities in four peroneal muscles and the main gait kinematics parameters were recorded. Our results clearly demonstrated that wearing the ADD during these different walking tasks significantly increased EMG activities in the four peroneal muscles (increases from 9 to 33% on average depending on the muscle and the walking condition) while maintaining previous gait kinematic patterns. Our study shows that an ADD coupled with walking or jumping tasks is able to improve neuromuscular activity. It should therefore be useful for ankle rehabilitation therapy and the prevention of LAS. CI - Copyright (c) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Fautrelle, Lilian AU - Fautrelle L AD - Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale, Unite 1093, Cognition, Action et Plasticite Sensori-Motrice, F-21078 Dijon, France; Laboratoire EA 2931 CeRSM, Centre de Recherches sur le Sport et le Mouvement, UFR STAPS, 200 Avenue de la Republique, 92000 Nanterre, France; Universite de Paris Ouest, Nanterre La Defense, Unite de Formation et de Recherche en Sciences et Techniques des Activites Physiques et Sportives, 200 Avenue de la Republique, 92001 Nanterre, France. Electronic address: lfautrelle@gmail.com. FAU - Kubicki, Alexandre AU - Kubicki A AD - Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale, Unite 1093, Cognition, Action et Plasticite Sensori-Motrice, F-21078 Dijon, France. FAU - Babault, Nicolas AU - Babault N AD - Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale, Unite 1093, Cognition, Action et Plasticite Sensori-Motrice, F-21078 Dijon, France; Centre d'Expertise de la Performance G. Cometti, Faculte des Sciences du Sport, Universite de Bourgogne Franche-Comte, BP 27887, 21078, Dijon Cedex, France. FAU - Paizis, Christos AU - Paizis C AD - Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale, Unite 1093, Cognition, Action et Plasticite Sensori-Motrice, F-21078 Dijon, France; Centre d'Expertise de la Performance G. Cometti, Faculte des Sciences du Sport, Universite de Bourgogne Franche-Comte, BP 27887, 21078, Dijon Cedex, France. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20170323 PL - England TA - Gait Posture JT - Gait & posture JID - 9416830 SB - IM MH - Ankle Joint/*physiology MH - Biomechanical Phenomena MH - Female MH - Gait/*physiology MH - Healthy Volunteers MH - Humans MH - Male MH - Muscle, Skeletal/*physiology MH - Walking/*physiology MH - Young Adult OTO - NOTNLM OT - Ankle OT - EMG OT - Gait OT - Kinematics OT - Neuromuscular control OT - Rehabilitation EDAT- 2017/04/04 06:00 MHDA- 2018/02/23 06:00 CRDT- 2017/04/04 06:00 PHST- 2016/07/22 00:00 [received] PHST- 2017/03/09 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2017/03/21 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2017/04/04 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/02/23 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/04/04 06:00 [entrez] AID - S0966-6362(17)30095-4 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2017.03.022 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Gait Posture. 2017 May;54:259-264. doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2017.03.022. Epub 2017 Mar 23.