Flossing Protocol and Manual Therapy in Young Subjects With Recurrent Ankle Sprains

NCT ID: NCT05859256

Last Updated: 2024-04-11

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 24 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2023-05-06
• Study Completion Date: 2023-07-01

Brief Summary

The most frequent lateral ankle sprain mechanism consists of talocrural plantarflexion added to a subtalar inversion. The anterior talofibular ligament, in plantar flexion, suffers maximum stress, being very sensitive to injury mechanisms with inversion of the foot, being the cause of up to 70% of sprains. The risk of injury recurrence must be taken into account. In sports practice, this percentage of recurrence is especially relevant.

Randomized clinical study. Participants will be randomized to a control or experimental group. The dependent variable will be the range of motion in ankle dorsiflexion. Secondary variables will be pressure pain threshold, and stability of the foot and ankle. Three evaluations will be carried out: before the start of the study (T0), after the intervention (T1) and after a 4-week follow-up period (T2). All evaluations will be performed by one evaluator, blinded to player assignment The intervention consists of the application of a treatment protocol based on an initial active warm-up consisting of 3 active exercises, walking for 1 minute performing slow and controlled movement of the ankle, raising the heels, 15 repetitions, dorsiflexion of the ankle in the standing position. gentleman, 15 reps. Subsequently, the floss band will be placed, performing again the 3 active warm-up exercises with the band on. After this, the passive manual techniques will be carried out for the remaining time, removing the flossing at the end of the latter, and actively mobilizing again.

Conditions

Young People

Study Design

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

Study Groups

Experimental group

The intervention consists of the application of a treatment protocol based on an initial active warm-up consisting of 3 active exercises, walking for 1 minute performing slow and controlled movement of the ankle, raising the heels, 15 repetitions, dorsiflexion of the ankle in the standing position. gentleman, 15 reps. Subsequently, the floss band will be placed, performing again the 3 active warm-up exercises with the band on. After this, the passive manual techniques will be carried out for the remaining time, removing the flossing at the end of the latter, and actively mobilizing again.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Experimental

Intervention Type: OTHER

The intervention consists of the application of a treatment protocol based on an initial active warm-up consisting of 3 active exercises, walking for 1 minute performing slow and controlled movement of the ankle, raising the heels, 15 repetitions, dorsiflexion of the ankle in the standing position. gentleman, 15 reps. Subsequently, the floss band will be placed, performing again the 3 active warm-up exercises with the band on. After this, the passive manual techniques will be carried out for the remaining time, removing the flossing at the end of the latter, and actively mobilizing again.

Control group

The subjects included in the control group will perform the same procedures, but placing the flossing without tension and performing the Kaltenborn manual techniques without sliding and without joint mobilization.

Group Type: PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Control

Intervention Type: OTHER

The same procedures will be carried out, but placing the flossing without tension and performing the Kaltenborn manual techniques without sliding and without joint mobilization.

Interventions

Experimental

The intervention consists of the application of a treatment protocol based on an initial active warm-up consisting of 3 active exercises, walking for 1 minute performing slow and controlled movement of the ankle, raising the heels, 15 repetitions, dorsiflexion of the ankle in the standing position. gentleman, 15 reps. Subsequently, the floss band will be placed, performing again the 3 active warm-up exercises with the band on. After this, the passive manual techniques will be carried out for the remaining time, removing the flossing at the end of the latter, and actively mobilizing again.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Control

The same procedures will be carried out, but placing the flossing without tension and performing the Kaltenborn manual techniques without sliding and without joint mobilization.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Young people between 18 and 22 years old
• Who have suffered a previous sprain
• No chronic or degenerative musculoskeletal pathologies of the ankle or knee
• That they do physical activity regularly.

Exclusion Criteria

• Have suffered a sprain in the last 6 months
• Being receiving another physiotherapy treatment at the time of the study
• Not signing the informed consent document.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 22 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Rubén Cuesta-Barriuso, PhD

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Rubén Cuesta-Barriuso, PhD

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Universidad de Oviedo

Locations

Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia

Murcia, , Spain

Countries

Spain

Other Identifiers

Flossing

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id