RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Selection criteria for patients with chronic ankle instability in controlled research: a position statement of the International Ankle Consortium JF British Journal of Sports Medicine JO Br J Sports Med FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Association of Sport and Exercise Medicine SP 1014 OP 1018 DO 10.1136/bjsports-2013-093175 VO 48 IS 13 A1 Phillip A Gribble A1 Eamonn Delahunt A1 Chris Bleakley A1 Brian Caulfield A1 Carrie Docherty A1 François Fourchet A1 Daniel Tik-Pui Fong A1 Jay Hertel A1 Claire Hiller A1 Thomas Kaminski A1 Patrick McKeon A1 Kathryn Refshauge A1 Philip van der Wees A1 Bill Vincenzino A1 Erik Wikstrom YR 2014 UL http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/48/13/1014.abstract AB While research on chronic ankle instability (CAI) and awareness of its impact on society and health care systems has grown substantially in the last 2 decades, the inconsistency in participant/patient selection criteria across studies presents a potential obstacle to addressing the problem properly. This major gap within the literature limits the ability to generalise this evidence to the target patient population. Therefore, there is a need to provide standards for patient/participant selection criteria in research focused on CAI with justifications using the best available evidence. The International Ankle Consortium provides this position paper to present and discuss an endorsed set of selection criteria for patients with CAI based on the best available evidence to be used in future research and study designs. These recommendations will enhance the validity of research conducted in this clinical population with the end goal of bringing the research evidence to the clinician and patient.