2024, Vol. 11, Issue 1, Part C

Background: Restricted ankle dorsiflexion has been found to impact many functional movement patterns the squat, stepdown, and landing from a jump. This may impact a person’s ability to perform sport specific movements as well as normal daily activities.

Methods: In this study, 20 subjects (Age 15-20 years) were selected based on inclusion criteria by simple random sampling method. After obtaining the consent of subjects, they were allotted in single group and were given the intervention for 30 seconds 6 repetitions, 5 days in a week for 4 weeks. ADFROM was measured before and after the study. Goniometer was the tool used to evaluate ADFROM.

Results: T-Test was used for data analysis. The mean difference and standard deviation of ADFROM for the group was 9.25±2.22 for pre-test and 16.30±1.56 for post-test. The intragroup analysis of the group showed that ADFROM was extremely statistically significant difference with p≤0.05 (p=0.0001).

Conclusion: This study concluded that eccentric training for triceps surae muscle was effective in increasing the flexibility of the triceps surae muscle, resulting in increased ADFROM. There is significant difference in pretest and posttest measurement.