摘要：Aim. The aim of this research is to investigate the opinion of specialists, physiotherapists, doctors specializing in medical/sports recovery, about the Bad Ragaz Ring Method, and how to use it, including the application and effects of this method on sprains ankle. The present research focuses on the recovery of the ankle sprain in junior footballers and aims to compare the Bad Ragaz Ring Method with other aquatic methods to determine which are the most effective and fastest techniques among them, for the recovery of athletes. Methods. For a more objective assessment of the degree of knowledge and use of the Bad Ragaz Ring Method in the treatment of ankle sprains applied to junior athletes in Romania, we conducted a sociological survey focused on the application of a questionnaire. The questionnaire was sent to a number of 189 subjects and answered 117 subjects in the field of recover. The questionnaire was addressed to specialists in the category of doctors, physiotherapists, with different professional experiences, from Romania and from Europe: 11.70% come from Spain, 9.36% from France, 7.02% from England, 8.19% from Italy and 63.73% from Romania. Results. The questionnaire considered the identification of the respondents with the first 8 questions, and for the determination of the degree of knowledge regarding the Bad Ragaz Ring Method and its application, another 13 questions. Thus, when asked if this method of aquatic recovery is known, 74.36% answered negatively and 25.64% answered positively. In order to have a clear understanding how often the Bad Ragaz Ring Method was applied, the next question was answered by the 78 respondents (65.10%), that they did not apply it. It turned out that the application of the BRRM technique was done by the specialists interviewed with the following frequency: “very rarely” stated 3 (2.05%) respondents, “rarely” applied 14 subjects (12.5%), “often” worked 10 (9.2%) respondents and “always” 12 (11.5%) respondents. Of those who applied this technique, 24 (21.30%) were very good results, 13 of them were good (10.1%) and only 2 subjects (2.70%) reported poor results. Conclusions. The most of respondent doesn’t know the Bad Ragaz Ring Method, they don’t have scientific informations about efficiency of it, or some of them who knows the method answered that they have not the conditions for aplying it. We found that the respondents from other country knows this method and less from Romanian physioteherapists.
关键词：Bad Ragaz Ring Method;aquatic therapy;ankle sprain.
