The Effect of Ankle Stability Exercise of Short-term on Ankle Muscle Functional Strength and Visual Analogue Scale in Soccer Club Player`s

The purpose of this study was to analyze the effects of ankle stabilization training using TOGU balls performed 12 times for a short time on ankle joint muscle functions and the degree of pain of students with chronic ankle sprains due to unstable ankles in their 20s in a university soccer club. The subjects of this study were 10 students with chronic ankle sprains in K University soccer club and they performed ankle joint stabilization exercises using TOGU balls. 1. In analyses of ankle muscle functions, as for changes in Peak Torque, significant improvements were shown in right and left Plantar Flexion at angular speeds 60°, 180°, and 240°. With regard to changes in work, although significant improvements were shown in all variables at the angular speed of 60°, significant improvements were shown only in right and left Plantar Flexion at the angular speed of 180°. At the angular speed of 240° significant improvements were shown only in right and left Dorsi Flexion and Left Plantar Flexion. 2. Based on the results of VAS, the subjects` pain significantly decreased. When the results of this study were put together, ankle stabilization exercise for a short time were shown to have had positive effects on the ankle muscle functions and pain of soccer players with chronic ankle sprains