Mulligan Ankle Taping on Volleyball Players

NCT ID: NCT05757375

Last Updated: 2025-08-21

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 34 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2023-01-22
• Study Completion Date: 2023-05-20

Brief Summary

34 volunteer professional volleyball players with (n=12) and without (n=22) CAI will include in the study. Mulligan ankle taping will apply. Measurements will take before and after the intervention. Muscle tone, stiffness, and elasticity will measure with MyotonPRO hand-held device. The static balance will measure with single leg stance test(SLST) while the eyes-closed, dynamic balance will measure with the Y balance test(YBT). Single leg hopping test(SLHT) will evaluate performance and an active position sense test will use for JPS. During the static and dynamic balance and performance tests, the ankle's confidence will be evaluated with the Visual Analog Scale (VAS). The study aimed to determine the effect of Mulligan fibular taping over the Tibialis Anterior(TA), Peroneus Longus(PL), Gastrocnemius Lateralis(GCL), and Medialis(GCM) muscles on muscle tone, stiffness, elasticity, as well as the performance, joint position sense(JPS), static and dynamic balance in female volleyball players with and without chronic ankle instability(CAI).

Conditions

Chronic Ankle Instability; Mulligan

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: SINGLE

Study Groups

Volleyball players with Chronic Ankle Instability

Before the taping application, the application area of all athletes will be shaved. It will be cleaned with an alcohol wipe before the application so that situations such as sweat or moisture do not reduce the effect of the banding. For taping, while the athlete lies in a supine position on a portable stretcher, the leg weight will be taken by placing the athlete's foot on the abdomen with slight knee and hip flexion. The rigid tape will be measured and cut obliquely starting approximately 2 cm anterior to the fibula and approximately 1 cm anterior to the lateral malleolus and ending in the middle of the anterior tibia region. To increase the strength of the banding, another band will be added to it. In the application, only banding will be preferred and mobilization will not be done.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Mulligan Manuel Therapy Consept

Intervention Type: OTHER

Mulligan ankle taping is a noninvasive, painless, low-cost, and easily applicable technique of the Mulligan manual therapy concept. It is frequently used in cases of ankle instability. In healthy people, it is a method to prevent ankle sprains.

Volleybal players without Chronic Ankle Instability

Before the taping application, the application area of all athletes will be shaved. It will be cleaned with an alcohol wipe before the application so that situations such as sweat or moisture do not reduce the effect of the banding. For taping, while the athlete lies in a supine position on a portable stretcher, the leg weight will be taken by placing the athlete's foot on the abdomen with slight knee and hip flexion. The rigid tape will be measured and cut obliquely starting approximately 2 cm anterior to the fibula and approximately 1 cm anterior to the lateral malleolus and ending in the middle of the anterior tibia region. To increase the strength of the banding, another band will be added to it. In the application, only banding will be preferred and mobilization will not be done.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Mulligan Manuel Therapy Consept

Intervention Type: OTHER

Mulligan ankle taping is a noninvasive, painless, low-cost, and easily applicable technique of the Mulligan manual therapy concept. It is frequently used in cases of ankle instability. In healthy people, it is a method to prevent ankle sprains.

Interventions

Mulligan Manuel Therapy Consept

Mulligan ankle taping is a noninvasive, painless, low-cost, and easily applicable technique of the Mulligan manual therapy concept. It is frequently used in cases of ankle instability. In healthy people, it is a method to prevent ankle sprains.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Being between the ages of 15-24,
• Being a professional volleyball player,
• Training for 90 minutes at least 3 days a week,
• Turkish native speakers,
• For participants with chronic ankle instability, those with a Foot and Ankle Disability Index score below 90% and a Foot and Ankle Disability Index-Sport survey score below 75% were included.

Exclusion Criteria

• An ankle sprain history in the last 6 weeks,
• Having a previous history of fracture in the lower extremity,
• Having bilateral chronic ankle instability,
• Pregnant athletes were excluded from the study.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 15 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 24 Years
• Eligible Sex: FEMALE
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Istinye University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Özge Ecem Şenel

Research Assistant

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

ÖZGE ECEM E ŞENEL, PT

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

İSTİNYE UNIVERSITY

Locations

Istinye University

Istanbul, Zeytinburnu, Turkey (Türkiye)

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Other Identifiers

10840098

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id