Prevalence of Functional Ankle Instability Among Professional Egyptian Players: a Cross-sectional Study

NCT ID: NCT07338825

Last Updated: 2026-01-14

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION
• Total Enrollment: 300 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2025-12-01
• Study Completion Date: 2026-06-30

Brief Summary

To investigate the prevalence of functional ankle instability among professional Egyptian soccer players

Conditions

Ankle Instability

Study Design

• Observational Model Type: OTHER
• Study Time Perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• 1. Three Hundred Soccer players from both genders aged between 8-35 years old including junior teams (8-12 years old), Youth (13-20 years old) and Senior teams (21,>21 years old).

2. Players have BMI 18-25 (kg/m²). 3. Players are registered in the Egyptian Soccer Association

Exclusion Criteria

• 1- Systematic pathology that affects balance, reflexes, or muscle strength 2- Lower limb fractures in the 2 years preceding the study 3- Surgery on one of the ankles 4- Structural malalignments 5- Plantar Fasciitis

• Minimum Eligible Age: 8 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 35 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Cairo University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Abdelrahman Sherif Maher Mohamed

Principal investigator

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

Cairo university

Cairo, , Egypt

Countries

Egypt

Other Identifiers

P.T.REC/012/006046

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id