The Effect of Balance Training in People With Functional Ankle Instability (FAI)

The Effect of Balance Training in People With Functional Ankle Instability

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01157663

Enrollment

Registered

2010-07-07

Start date

2010-12-31

Completion date

2013-12-31

Last updated

2014-12-05

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Conditions

Functional Ankle Instability

Keywords

Functional ankle instability

Brief summary

Ankle sprain is the most occurring sport related injury. In addition, 40% of the people who sustain such an injury display residual symptoms under the general denominator functional ankle instability (FAI). In literature, there is already given a lot of attention to extrinsic and intrinsic risk factors of FAI. Furthermore, there is a major focus on the possible interventions which may be able to reduce the chance of developing chronic instability. At this moment there is a lack of unequivocality. In this study the investigators address the question of what is the effect of a balance training programme on the movement strategy. Therefore kinematics, kinetics, plantar pressure measurements and muscle activity are taken in consideration The purpose of this study is a better insight in the effect of treatment on the residual symptoms related to FAI.

Interventions

OTHERAdapted balance training

during 8 weeks

OTHERBalance Training

Balance training with unipedal standing during 8 weeks

Study design

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* a history of more than 1 unilateral ankle sprain * presence of feeling of 'giving way' * a feeling of weakness around the ankle * a decreased functional participation

Exclusion criteria

* ankle fracture * ankle surgery * lower limb pain (not related to an ankle sprain) * ankle distortion in the last 3 months * currently receiving treatment * disturbance of equilibrium

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
effect of balance training on movement strategy	after 8 weeks of treatment	kinematics, kinetics, plantar pressures and muscle activity

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
self-assessed complaints registration using questionnaires	after 8 weeks

Countries

Belgium

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026