To unlock this feature and to subscribe to our weekly evidence emails, please create a FREE orthoEvidence account.

SIGNUP

Already Have an Account?

Loading...
Visit our Evidence-Based Covid-19 Website and Stay Up to Date with the latest Research.
Ace Report Cover

External Focus of Attention results in improved transfer of a postural control task

Download
Share
Reprints
Cite This
About
+ Favorites
Share
Reprints
Cite This
About
+ Favorites
Ace Report Cover
August 2013

External Focus of Attention results in improved transfer of a postural control task

Vol: 2| Issue: 7| Number:160| ISSN#: 2564-2537
Study Type:Therapy
OE Level Evidence:2
Journal Level of Evidence:N/A

Effect of Focus of Attention on Transfer of a Postural Control Task Following an Ankle Sprain

J Orthop Sports Phys Ther. 2007 Sep;37(9):564-9

Contributing Authors:
N Rotem-Lehrer Y Laufer

Did you know you're eligible to earn 0.5 CME credits for reading this report? Click Here

Synopsis

36 male patients with a grade 1 or 2 lateral ankle sprain were randomly assigned to either complete postural control training using an internal focus of attention or an external focus of attention. The results over the 3 day period indicate that patients who used external focus of attention during training (on moderately unstable surfaces) had improved postural control on less stable and untrained...

CME Image

Did you know that you’re eligible to earn 0.5 CME credits for reading this report!

LEARN MORE

Join the Conversation

Please Login or Join to leave comments.

Learn about our AI Driven
High Impact Search Feature

High Impact Icon

Our AI driven High Impact metric calculates the impact an article will have by considering both the publishing journal and the content of the article itself. Built using the latest advances in natural language processing, OE High Impact predicts an article’s future number of citations better than impact factor alone.

Continue