title: Selection criteria for patients with chronic ankle instability in controlled research: a position statement of the International Ankle Consortium.
abstract: While research on chronic ankle instability (CAI) and awareness of its impact on society and health care systems has grown substantially in the last 2 decades, the inconsistency in participant/patient selection criteria across studies presents a potential obstacle to addressing the problem properly. This major gap within the literature limits the ability to generalise this evidence to the target patient population. Therefore, there is a need to provide standards for patient/participant selection criteria in research focused on CAI with justifications using the best available evidence. The International Ankle Consortium provides this position paper to present and discuss an endorsed set of selection criteria for patients with CAI based on the best available evidence to be used in future research and study designs. These recommendations will enhance the validity of research conducted in this clinical population with the end goal of bringing the research evidence to the clinician and patient.
authors.affiliation: University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio, USA.
authors.forename: Phillip A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Gribble
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Population Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
authors.forename: Eamonn
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Delahunt
authors.affiliation: Univerisity of Ulster, Jordanstown, Carrickfergus, UK.
authors.forename: Chris
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bleakley
authors.affiliation: School of Physiotherapy, University College Dublin, Dublin, UK.
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Caulfield
authors.affiliation: University of Indiana, Bloomington, Indiana, USA.
authors.forename: Carrie
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Docherty
authors.affiliation: Qatar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital, Doha, Qatar.
authors.forename: François
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fourchet
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
authors.forename: Daniel Tik-Pui
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Fong
authors.affiliation: Kinesiology Program, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
authors.forename: Jay
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hertel
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiotherapy, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: Claire
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hiller
authors.affiliation: Department of Health, Nutrition and Exercise Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, New Jersey, USA.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kaminski
authors.affiliation: Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA.
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: McKeon
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiotherapy, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: Kathryn
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Refshauge
authors.affiliation: Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen Area, Netherlands.
authors.forename: Philip
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: van der Wees
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiotherapy, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
authors.forename: Bill
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Vicenzino
authors.affiliation: University of North Carolina, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.
authors.forename: Erik
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Wikstrom
mesh_terms: D000843:Ankle Joint; D035843:Biomedical Research; D002908:Chronic Disease; D032921:Consensus; D006801:Humans; D007593:Joint Instability / Q000628:therapy*; D018579:Patient Selection
keywords: Ankle injuries