Does effect of lace-up ankle brace on electromyography measures during walking in adults with chronic ankle instability?
Braces cause a change in neuromuscular activity during walking. Clinicians should be aware of these changes when prescribing braces, as it may relate to the mechanism in which braces decrease sprains.
The results from this study suggest that African-American and Caucasian women do not differ in energy expenditure during fixed workloads of exercise, suggesting that this may not contribute to differences in energy balance and body weight regulation between women in these two ethnic groups.