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 or patient selection criteria across studies presents a potential obstacle to addressing the problem properly. This major gap within the literature limits the ability to generalize this evidence to the target patient population. Therefore, there is a need to provide standards for patient or 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: The University of Toledo, OH.
authors.forename: Phillip A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Gribble
authors.forename: Eamonn
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Delahunt
authors.forename: Christopher M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Bleakley
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Caulfield
authors.forename: Carrie L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Docherty
authors.forename: Daniel Tik-Pui
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Fong
authors.forename: François
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fourchet
authors.forename: Jay
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hertel
authors.forename: Claire E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Hiller
authors.forename: Thomas W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Kaminski
authors.forename: Patrick O
authors.initials: PO
authors.lastname: McKeon
authors.forename: Kathryn M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Refshauge
authors.forename: Philip
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: van der Wees
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Vicenzino
authors.forename: Erik A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Wikstrom
mesh_terms: D000843:Ankle Joint; D002908:Chronic Disease; D032921:Consensus; D018849:Controlled Clinical Trials as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007593:Joint Instability / Q000628:therapy*; D018579:Patient Selection