Comparison of ankle proprioception between blind and healthy athletes

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dc.contributor.authorÖzer M.
dc.contributor.authorKaynak H.
dc.contributor.authorAtik A.
dc.contributor.authorŞilil M.K.
dc.contributor.authorAltun M.
dc.contributor.authorAkseki D.
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-22T08:14:46Z
dc.date.available2024-07-22T08:14:46Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractObjectives: The positive effect of the visual sensation on the proprioceptive quality is well known. Although other senses of the congenital blind individuals have been proven to be increased more than healthy ones, there has been no data about the proprioceptive quality of congenital blind persons. The aim of this study is to determine the quality of ankle proprioception in congenital blind athletes. Methods: 15 congenital blind athletes (10 males and 5 females) with a mean age of 24 ± 2.9 (ranging from 20 to 29), and 15 healthy athletes (10 males and 5 females) with a mean age of 24.6 ± 3.05 (ranging from 20 to 29), from the same athletic department, were included in the study. Proprioception was evaluated by using the technique of joint position sense, and absolut errors during the reproduction of six target angles (plantar flexion 100, dorsiflexion 50, inversion 100 and 200, eversion 100 and 200) were detected in dominant and nondominant ankles of both groups. Athletes were measured both eyes open and closed. Statistical analysis was done by using Mann-Whitney U and Wilcoxon Signed Ranks tests. Results: When dominant extremities were compared while eyes open, there was only a difference in 50 dorsiflexion measurements statistically in favor of blind ones (p<0.05). When dominant extremities were compared while eyes closed, blind athletes got less wrong in four of the six target angles statistically (p<0.01), when non-dominant extremities were compared while eyes closed, blind athletes got less wrong in all angles statistically (p<0.01). The ankle proprioception of the blind athletes were better then the normal athletes. The ankle propriceptions of the normal athletes further deteriorated when their eyes were closed. Conclusion: We found that the ankle proprioceptions of congenital blind athletes were better than the normal athletes. So additional closed-eyes exercises can help to reach a high proprioceptive level of athletes in a normal season which in terms may decrease accidental traumas. © The Author(s) 2014.
dc.identifier.DOI-ID10.1177/2325967114S00156
dc.identifier.issn23259671
dc.identifier.urihttp://akademikarsiv.cbu.edu.tr:4000/handle/123456789/16650
dc.language.isoEnglish
dc.publisherSAGE Publications Ltd
dc.rightsAll Open Access; Gold Open Access; Green Open Access
dc.subjectadult
dc.subjectankle
dc.subjectankle proprioception
dc.subjectathlete
dc.subjectclinical article
dc.subjectcomparative study
dc.subjectcongenital blind athlete
dc.subjectcontrolled study
dc.subjectfemale
dc.subjectfunctional status assessment
dc.subjecthuman
dc.subjectmale
dc.subjectNote
dc.subjectpriority journal
dc.subjectproprioception
dc.titleComparison of ankle proprioception between blind and healthy athletes
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