Plakoutsis George, Tsepis Elias, Fousekis Konstantinos, Paraskevopoulos Eleftherios, Papandreou Maria
Laboratory of Advanced Physiotherapy, Department of Physiotherapy, University of West Attica, 12243 Athens, Greece.
Department of Physiotherapy, University of Patras, 26504 Patra, Greece.
Healthcare (Basel). 2024 Jul 17;12(14):1432. doi: 10.3390/healthcare12141432.
Lateral ankle sprains are one of the most frequent athletic injuries in football, causing deficits in balance. Motor Imagery (MI) has been successively included in sports rehabilitation as a complementary therapeutic intervention. The aim of the present study was to explore the effects of MI on static and dynamic balance and on the fear of re-injury in professional football players with Grade II ankle sprains. Fifty-eight participants were randomly allocated into two groups: First-MI group ( = 29) and second-Placebo group ( = 29), and they each received six intervention sessions. The first MI group received MI guidance in addition to the balance training program, while the second Placebo group received only relaxation guidance. One-way ANOVA showed statistically significant results for all variables, both before and 4 weeks after the interventions for both groups. The -test showed statistically significant differences between the two groups for static balance for the right lower extremity (t = 3.25, S (two-tailed) = 0.002, < 0.05) and also for heart rate (final value) in all time phases. Further research is needed in order to establish MI interventions in sports trauma recovery using stronger MI treatments in combination with psychophysiological factors associated with sports rehabilitation.
外侧踝关节扭伤是足球运动中最常见的运动损伤之一，会导致平衡能力下降。运动想象（MI）已相继被纳入运动康复，作为一种辅助治疗干预手段。本研究的目的是探讨运动想象对二级踝关节扭伤的职业足球运动员静态和动态平衡以及再次受伤恐惧的影响。58名参与者被随机分为两组：第一运动想象组（n = 29）和第二安慰剂组（n = 29），两组均接受6次干预课程。第一运动想象组除平衡训练计划外还接受运动想象指导，而第二安慰剂组仅接受放松指导。单因素方差分析显示，两组干预前和干预后4周的所有变量均有统计学意义的结果。t检验显示，两组在右下肢静态平衡（t = 3.25，双侧S = 0.002，P < 0.05）以及所有时间阶段的心率（最终值）方面存在统计学意义的差异。为了在运动创伤恢复中建立运动想象干预措施，需要进一步研究，采用更强的运动想象疗法，并结合与运动康复相关的心理生理因素。
