Disturbance; Balance, Labyrinth, Proprioceptive Disorders
Conditions
Keywords
Balance exercise, Ankle, Postural stability, Taping, Biodex
Brief summary
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
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
Interventions
OTHERBalance 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.
Sponsors
Zahedan University of Medical Sciences
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE (Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
19 Years to 22 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
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.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Stability Index | 6 weeks | Biodex Balance System: It is possible to quantify the neuromuscular control performance by evaluating subject's ability in single and double leg balance on a stable or unstable surface. This system can be used to do exercises in order to increase kinesthetic abilities and improve proprioception. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| zone and quadrant | 6 weeks | In balance testing which quadrant and zone are used by subjects. |
Other
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| BMI | 6 weeks | The height of the subjects measured by a meter with 1 cm accuracy and a digital weighting scale used for measuring subjects |
Countries
Iran
Outcome results
None listed