Uneven Treadmill Training for Rehabilitation of Lateral Ankle Sprains and Chronic Ankle Instability: Protocol for a Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial

Elizabeth Russell Esposito   ^{1, 2, 3, 4} , PhD ;   Shawn Farrokhi   ^{1, 4, 5} , DPT, PhD ;   Benjamin R Shuman   ^{2, 3, 6} , PhD ;   Pinata H Sessoms   ⁷ , PhD ;   Eliza Szymanek   ^{8, 9} , DPT ;   Carrie W Hoppes   ^{9, 10} , DPT, PhD ;   Laura Bechard   ^{5, 6} , DPT ;   David King   ⁶ , PhD ;   John J Fraser   ^{5, 11, 12} , DPT, PhD

¹ Department of Defense -Veterans Affairs Extremity Trauma and Amputation Center of Excellence, Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, TX, United States

² Center for Limb Loss and Mobility, Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA, United States

³ Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States

⁴ Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, MD, United States

⁵ Department of Physical and Occupational Therapy, Naval Medical Center San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States

⁶ Henry M. Jackson Foundation, Bethesda, MD, United States

⁷ Warfighter Performance Department, Naval Health Research Center, San Diego, CA, United States

⁸ Madigan Army Medical Center, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, WA, United States

⁹ Doctoral Program in Physical Therapy, Army-Baylor University, U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence, Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, TX, United States

¹⁰ San Antonio Military Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, TX, United States

¹¹ Operational Readiness and Health Directorate, Naval Health Research Center, San Diego, CA, United States

¹² Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship, Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, CA, United States