Ankle Injuries
Conditions
Interventions
Participants will be blindly randomized into two groups, previously performed by a researcher not involved in the assessments or interventions, in which the random order will be kept in sealed and opa
for the control group, at least 20 participants will be instructed to perform the usual care (POLICE approach, “protection, optimal load, ice compression and elevation”: protection, participants will
load optimization, participants will be instructed to initially reduce their day-to-day activities or carry them out in a more precautionary way so as not to overload the injured area and start return
cryotherapy, compression and elevation, the participants will be guided to apply ice on the injured place three times a day, for five days, they will have to use common ice, put them in a plastic bag
for the experimental group, at least 20 participants will perform the same procedures as the control group plus a series of active mobilization exercises in elevation, this series will have to be done
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Sponsors
Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
Eligibility
Age
15 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Participants must have experienced an ankle sprain within 96 hours prior to the day of evaluation; present visible swelling in the ankle region as a consequence of the sprain; at least 15 years old; both genders
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: People with ankle or foot fractures diagnosed after the sprain; presence of systemic or hormonal edema related to cardiac and renal problems; pregnancy; treatment with an immovable plaster cast; any reported neurological, musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, pulmonary, or metabolic conditions that may interfere with or contraindicate the research procedures will be excluded from the study
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| It is expected to find a reduction in ankle edema, verified by perimetry in “8” using a measuring tape positioned around the ankle, from the finding of a significant difference in the comparison between the groups in the post-intervention period;It is expected to find a reduction in the level of pain, verified through the visual analogue scale in which the participants must indicate their level of pain in a 10 cm line with the extremes indicating “no pain” and “worst possible pain”, the from the observation of a significant difference in the comparison between the groups in the post-intervention period;It is expected to find an increase in the level of functionality, verified through the FAAM questionnaire (Foot and Ankle Ability Measure), which indicates the degree of functionality in percentage, the higher the percentage, the better the functionality related to the ankle, based on the observation of a significant difference in the comparison between groups in the post-intervention period | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| It is expected to find an increase in the dorsiflexion range of motion, verified through the "lunge test" that evaluates the dorsiflexion in the maximum position and with an inclinometer positioned on the tibia, the dorsiflexion ROM is measured through the angle between the tibial and vertical axis, based on the finding of a significant difference in the comparison between the groups in the post-intervention period;It is expected to find an increase in the range of motion of plantar flexion, verified through the test in the "hook-lying" position that evaluates the plantar flexion in the maximum position and with an inclinometer positioned on the tibia, the ROM of plantar flexion is measured through the angle between the tibial and vertical axis, based on the finding of a significant difference in the comparison between the groups in the post-intervention period | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactGuilherme Nunes
Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
Outcome results
None listed