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Inclusion Criteria: * Be an active basketball player; * Be aged between 12 and 19 years; * Have sustained an ankle sprain within the previous 12 months, accompanied by inflammatory signs (e.g., pain, oedema, restricted range of motion), which resulted in at least one day of absence from physical activity; * Have experienced their most recent ankle injury more than three months prior to enrolment in the study; * Report a history of ankle sprains and/or episodes of mechanical giving way and/or perceived ankle instability; * Achieve a score greater than 11 on the Identification of Functional Ankle Instability (IdFAI) questionnaire. Exclusion Criteria: * A previous history of lower-limb surgery; * A history of fracture requiring realignment in one or both lower limbs; * An acute injury affecting another lower-limb joint within the previous three months that resulted in at least one day of absence from physical activity.