• DARSHIL GANDHI
• DHARMANG VYAS
• NAINISHA VARMA
• PRAGYA SINGH
• JAYA SINGH

BACKGROUND: Ankle sprains are a generally common and potentially disabling injury for normal individuals. Disability from ankle sprains in athletes also can be severe; with 40% of patients have dysfunction that perseveres for as long as six months after the injury. The prevalence of functional ankle instability was established to be 18.4% in Males (29%) which are more affected than females (14%). Proprioceptive information is mainly generated by ligamentous mechanoreceptors, Golgi tendon organs, and muscle spindles, which are transducer for the mechanical distortion of the neighboring connective tissue. Proprioceptive training for the ankle joint consists of standing on a single leg with the eyes closed, balancing on a wobble board or ankle disk, and balancing on a single leg while implementation a task such as catching and throwing a ball. The YBT is a functional evaluation test which requires strength, flexibility, neuromuscular control, stability, range of movement, balance, and proprioception. The timed unipedal stance test (also mentioned to as single leg stance balance test) is a simplest test for measurement of static aspects of balance which can be used in a variety of settings and requires minimal amount of equipment or training. METHODS: Total 382 participants falling into Inclusive criteria were screened for ankle instability on Y Balance Test (YBT) and single leg stance balance test (SLSB) with age between 18 to 22 years. In which 93 participants diagnosed with ankle instability were employed for the study. All participants received Proprioception training. After that Y-Balance test and single leg stance balance test were used as an outcome measures. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS AND RESULT: Paired t-test was used for within group comparison (p=0.95). There is high significant improvement in anterior direction of Y- Balance Test and significant improvement in Single Leg Stance Time test with eyes ere closed. CONCLUSION: Based on the analysis and result present study concluded that, proprioceptive training is effective in increase stability of ankle joint by improving ankle proprioception among healthy individual who have ankle instability.

Ankle Instability, Proprioceptive Training, Y-Balance Test (YBT), Single leg Stance time test

"EFFECTIVENESS OF PROPRIOCEPTIVE TRAINING ON ANKLE INSTABILITY IN NORMAL HEALTHY INDIVIDUAL : AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 5, page no.g54-g68, May-2021, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2105801.pdf

"EFFECTIVENESS OF PROPRIOCEPTIVE TRAINING ON ANKLE INSTABILITY IN NORMAL HEALTHY INDIVIDUAL : AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 5, page no. ppg54-g68, May-2021, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2105801.pdf