The Use of Cryotherapy to Alter Lower Extremity Motoneuron Pool Excitability in a Patient with an Acute Lateral Ankle Sprain- A Case Report
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Sherman, R. Daniel
Morton, Sam
Grindstaff, Terry L.
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2012-03-28
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To describe changes in soleus and fibularis longus motoneuron pool excitability following an acute lateral ankle sprain Cryotherapy and compression may alter motoneuron pool excitability
–Increase soleus
–Decrease fibularis longus
•Clinical relevance
–May help restore postural control
–May decrease splinting and increase function
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Creighton University