Steven Robbins, Edward Waked, and Ron Rappel.
Ankle sprains are common sports injuries.
Inadequate awareness is thought to be the fundamental cause of these injuries. While taping improves foot position sense when humans wear athletic footwear, it remains poor compared to the barefoot condition if we use barefoot pre-exercise data available from a previous report for comparison. The inescapable conclusion is that footwear use is ultimately responsible for ankle injury. The conclusion is consistent with observations made among populations where barefoot activity is the norm. Ankle sprains are uncommon in these groups.