The effect of basketball shoe collar on ankle stability: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Abstract

Purpose: This review is to systematically estimate if there is any relationship between the shoe collar characteristic and the risk of ankle sprain by reviewing the literature. Methods: Relevant papers were collected through PubMed, ScienceDirect, Google Scholar, and Scopus focused on ankle stability comparison in basketball shoes between high-top and low-top. Articles were involved if they: 1) compared subjects between high-top shoes and low-top shoes, 2) only focused on basketball shoes, 3) utilized kinematics and electromyogram as the primary outcome, 4) published in English. Results: 6 studies were collected in this systematic review, the selecting studies were divided into two different groups based on different motions of test, one of group is a side step cutting task for testing ROM of ankle in coronal plane, another one is conducting a jump task and the peak ankle inversion data at the landing after jump was extracted. Through the meta-analysis combined with a random effect, the model indicated that the type of shoe has no effect on the ankle inversion (p = 0.08) and ROM (p = 0.85). Conclusion: The results showed that there no significant difference in the shoe collar was found. Thus, the more parameters of ankle changes and muscle activity of lower extremity should be assessed in the future to improve our comprehensive understanding for shoe collar effect of ankle stability.