Bringing context to balance: development of a reactive balance test within the injury prevention and return to sport domain.

WHAT IT FOUND

No patients were tested.

The paper only describes how a reactive balance test could be built from a Y-balance test and lights, so it offers no evidence for use in sport injury or return to sport decisions.

What this paper is

This is a test development paper describing the rationale and proposed protocol for a reactive balance test. It defines balance and adaptability concepts, outlines how the test could be set up, and lists outcome measures, but it enrolled no participants and reports no reliability, validity, injury or performance results. There is no finding here that a therapist can use to assess or treat a patient.

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