Functional Ankle Instability
Conditions
Keywords
Therapeutic exercise, Functional ankle instability, Physiotherapy
Brief summary
Objective: to investigate the effects of a four weeks exercise program for the improvement of the ankle range of movement, balance, strength and subjective symptomps in young basketball player with functional ankle instability. PICO: Is a four weeks exercise program effective to improve ankle range of motion, balance, strenght and subjective symtomps in young basketball players with functional ankle instability?
Detailed description
In this study, the research team will test an exercise program directed to a group of young basketball players compared to another group that simply performs their usual training. Loaded ankle dorsiflexion, the modified star excursion balance test, the Cumberland Ankle Instability Tool, and the foot-lift test were collected as outcome measures. The measurements were carried out before the intervention, after and four weeks after finishing the intervention.
Interventions
OTHERTherapeutic exercise
A three per week sessions of therapeutic exercise program during four weeks including movility, strength, motor control and plyometric exercises. This program was made simultaneously to the regular training of the basketball team.
OTHERRegular training
Regular training program of the basketball team.
Sponsors
CEU San Pablo University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE (Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Intervention model description
Intervention 1 (Experimental group): a progressive exercise program directed to improve movility, motor control, strength and plyometry. This program was made 3 times a week for four weeks and added to the regular training program. Intervention 2 (control group): This group only made the regular training program of the basketball team.
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
MALE
Age
16 Years to 25 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Male basketball players with at least 6 training sesion for week. * Aged 16-25 years old. * At least one ankle sprain that caused unloading of support of the affected lower limb for more than one day. * A history of recurrent akle spraints and/or giving way sensations. * A score higest of 11 points in the Spanish version of the IdFAI.
Exclusion criteria
* History of musculoskeletal surgery in any region of lower limb. * History of fractures in the ankle region, having required surgery or not. * Acute ankle sprain in the 6 weeks prior to the start of the study.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Toe-to-wall distance | Preintervention, inmediately post-intervention and at four weeks post-intervention. | It is an indirect measure of the ankle dorsiflexion. The assessor record the distance (cm) between the big toe and the while maintaining contact between the knee and wall without lifting the heel with a measuring tape. |
| Postero-medial Star Excursion Balance Test. | Preintervention, inmediately post-intervention and at four weeks post-intervention. | The assessor measure the postero-medial distance (cm) of the Star Excursion Balance Test with a measuring tape. |
| Postero-lateral Star Excursion Balance Test | Preintervention, inmediately post-intervention and at four weeks post-intervention. | The assessor measure the postero-lateral distance (cm) of the Star Excursion Balance Test with a measuring tape. |
| Anterior Star Excursion Balance Test | Preintervention, inmediately post-intervention and at four weeks post-intervention. | The assessor measure the anterior distance (cm) of the Star Excursion Balance Test with a measuring tape. |
| Cumberlan Ankle Instability Tool | Preintervention, inmediately post-intervention and at four weeks post-intervention. | Score of the Spanish version of the Cumberland Ankle Instability Tool (CAIT-Sv). It is a self-administer questionnaire to assess the severity of chronic ankle instability. It is scored from 0 to 30 with higher score indicating better ankle functionality. |
| Heel-rise test | Preintervention, inmediately post-intervention and at four weeks post-intervention. | The number of times the subject can raise the heel in single-leg support is counted. |
Countries
Spain
Contacts
STUDY_CHAIRAngel L Rodriguez-Fernandez, PT PhD
San Pablo CEU University
Outcome results
None listed