Katie Stienlet

• BSc (Hons) Sport and Exercise Science
• The effectiveness of developing player specific proprioception training programs in an attempt to prevent ankle injuries in high level basketball

Part one - fact finding about ankle injury prevention.  I will travel to Turin, Italy to complete two weeks work experience at their Proprioception Centre.  I will learn from Dr Dario Riva and his team at the International Society of Proprioception and Posture, who over six years reduced ankle injuries in the Cantὺ Basketball Team by 81%.

Part two - I will return to the UK and using what I have learnt in Turin, refine the approach I will use.  I will work with coaching and medical teams at the Newcastle Eagles to create an effective screening process that will inform player-specific proprioception training programs to reduce ankle injuries.

Part three – I will begin the screening process, guided by the coaching and medical teams.  All players will complete the same tests to identify potential risk factors for ankle injury.

Funding source: Newcastle University

Project supervisor: Dr Brook Galna