Perceptions and Utilization of Strength Training and Conditioning in Collegiate Contemporary and Ballet Dancers: A Qualitative Approach.

Aims: Research demonstrates that dancers benefit from reduced injury risk and improved health by engaging in strength training and conditioning (STC). Historic bias within the discipline of dance, however, establishes a long-standing stigma that gains in muscle mass and strength lessen a dancer's aesthetic appearance, and thus many dancers rebuff STC as a supplement to dance training. However, there is growing evidence that dancers and dance educators are beginning to under¬stand the importance of additional resistance training and cardiovascular conditioning.

The Doctor of Philosophy Experience of Athletic Trainers: Facilitators and Barriers to Anticipatory Faculty Socialization.

Context:   It is important to understand the process whereby athletic trainers learn about their future roles, particularly when the roles can be complex and demanding. Little is known about the experiences of athletic training doctoral students, including facilitators and barriers to socialization as aspiring faculty members.

Objective:   To investigate factors influencing the anticipatory socialization of athletic training doctoral students into future faculty roles.

Strength-training protocols to improve deficits in participants with chronic ankle instability: a randomized controlled trial.

Context: Although lateral ankle sprains are common in athletes and can lead to chronic ankle instability (CAI), strength-training rehabilitation protocols may improve the deficits often associated with CAI.

Objective: To determine whether strength-training protocols affect strength, dynamic balance, functional performance, and perceived instability in individuals with CAI.

Design: Randomized controlled trial.

Clinical integration and how it affects student retention in undergraduate athletic training programs.

Context: A better understanding of why students leave an undergraduate athletic training education program (ATEP), as well as why they persist, is critical in determining the future membership of our profession.

Objective: To better understand how clinical experiences affect student retention in undergraduate ATEPs.

Design: Survey-based research using a quantitative and qualitative mixed-methods approach.

Ankle strength and force sense after a progressive, 6-week strength-training program in people with functional ankle instability.

Context: Although strength training is commonly used to rehabilitate ankle injuries, studies investigating the effects of strength training on proprioception have shown conflicting results.

Objective: To determine the effects of a 6-week strength-training protocol on force sense and strength development in participants with functional ankle instability.

Design: Randomized controlled clinical trial.

Orthotic intervention and postural stability in participants with functional ankle instability after an accommodation period.

Context: Most protocols established to treat patients with functional ankle instability (FAI) have focused on taping the ankle. Orthotic intervention is a different treatment protocol that may have a positive effect on these patients, especially after an accommodation period.

Objective: To determine whether the use of a prefabricated orthotic affects postural stability in patients with FAI and a control group.

The ability of 4 single-limb hopping tests to detect functional performance deficits in individuals with functional ankle instability.

Study Design: Experimental laboratory testing using a cross-sectional design.

Objectives: To determine if functional performance deficits are present in individuals with functional ankle instability (FAI) in 4 single-limb hopping tests, including figure-of-8 hop, side hop, 6-meter crossover hop, and square hop.

Background: Conflicting results exist regarding the presence of functional deficits in individuals with FAI.

The role of legitimation in the professional socialization of second-year undergraduate athletic training students.

Context: Professional socialization during formal educational preparation can help students learn professional roles and can lead to improved organizational socialization as students emerge as members of the occupation's culture. Professional socialization research in athletic training is limited.

Objective: To present the role of legitimation and how it influences the professional socialization of second-year athletic training students.