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The Effect of Ankle Taping and Balance Exercises on Postural Stability

NCT ID: NCT01730859

Last Updated: 2012-11-22

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

30 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2011-02-28

Study Completion Date

2011-12-31

Brief Summary

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Both taping and balance exercises have effects on dynamic balance, so this study compared ankle taping and balance exercise on postural stability indices in healthy women. we hypothesized that both balance exercise and taping would increase stability indices but the effects of balance exercise was more greater than taping.

Detailed Description

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The ability to control the body in the space is a complex interaction between musculoskeletal and neural systems. This set is called postural control system. Postural control involves the control of body position in space for the dual purposes of postural stability and postural orientation. Balance process is divided into four-stage by Sullivan and Markos: mobility, stability, controlled mobility, and skill. Several types of exercise have been proposed to improve proprioception. Bout and Gahery stated that balance exercises improve neuromuscular relations and reduces the proprioception errors. They believe that those who have more proprioception difficulty may benefit more from exercise therapy.Taping is another technique to enhance proprioception. Improvement in proprioception leads to better function and reduction of disability. Kinesiotaping is being used to prevent injuries and to help curing the injury. It can also improve efficiency in sport, improve lymph and venous circulation, decrease edema, stimulate the mechanoreceptors and increase awareness of subject about the ankle position, reduces the pain and improves muscle performance

Conditions

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Disturbance; Balance, Labyrinth Proprioceptive Disorders

Keywords

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Balance exercise Ankle Postural stability Taping Biodex

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Investigators Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Balance exrercise and ankle taping

Balance Exercises:Balance exercises for 6 weeks, 3 sessions per week and each session was 40 minutes for training group.

Ankle taping: Ankle joint taping was performed for 6 weeks and was renewed three times a week.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Balance exercise and ankle taping

Intervention Type OTHER

Balance Exercises: The first group performed balance exercise which last for six weeks, 3 times a week, and 40 minutes each session. Each session started by several minutes of slow walking and progressive stretching of ankle, knee and hip muscles which was gradually increased in time and repetition. After that, balance exercises were performed.

Ankle taping: In second group Ankle joint taping continued for 6 weeks and was renewed three times a week.

Interventions

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Balance exercise and ankle taping

Balance Exercises: The first group performed balance exercise which last for six weeks, 3 times a week, and 40 minutes each session. Each session started by several minutes of slow walking and progressive stretching of ankle, knee and hip muscles which was gradually increased in time and repetition. After that, balance exercises were performed.

Ankle taping: In second group Ankle joint taping continued for 6 weeks and was renewed three times a week.

Intervention Type OTHER

Other Intervention Names

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Balance Exercises Ankle taping

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* having no pain in ankle joint, not having sport activity in the period of this study, healthy sensory motor function in lower limb, no history of neuromuscular disease, vertigo or any uncorrected visual problems, any kind of ankle injury or lower limb surgery, taking sedative medication, cardiovascular, neurologic, and pulmonary disease, balance problems, rheumatoid disease, psychological disease, body mass index between 17 to25.

Exclusion Criteria

* ankle pain, allergy to tape, and not completing all interventional sessions.
Minimum Eligible Age

19 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

22 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Zahedan University of Medical Sciences

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Dr. Asghar Akbari

Dr

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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School of rehabilitaion Sciences

Zahedan, Sistan and Baluchestan, Iran

Site Status

Countries

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Iran

References

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Lentell G, Baas B, Lopez D, McGuire L, Sarrels M, Snyder P. The contributions of proprioceptive deficits, muscle function, and anatomic laxity to functional instability of the ankle. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther. 1995 Apr;21(4):206-15. doi: 10.2519/jospt.1995.21.4.206.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 7773272 (View on PubMed)

Related Links

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http://www.biodex.com

The Biodex Balance System SD has been designed to meet the needs of everyone looking to improve balance, increase agility, develop muscle tone and treat a wide variety of pathologies.

Other Identifiers

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90-2339

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id