Ankle Manual Therapy for Ankle Sprains

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of using ankle manual therapy procedures on clinical outcomes in individuals with post-acute ankle sprains.

Conditions

• Sprains and Strains

Interventions

OTHER

Passive Positioning

With the subject in a seated position on a treatment table and the lower extremity of interest stabilized to the table with a belt, a single standardized treating investigator will grasp the foot of interested with the thenar eminences on the foot's plantar surface, which is similar to the positioning used for the active comparator groups. The treating investigator will maintain passive positioning of the ankle for the duration of 1 deep inhalation and exhalation by the subject rather than induce an iatrogenic force.

OTHER

High-Velocity, Low-Amplitude Stretch

With the subject in a seated position on a treatment table and the lower extremity of interest stabilized to the table with a belt, a single standardized treating investigator will grasp the foot of interested with the thenar eminences on the foot's plantar surface. A thrust will be delivered parallel to the long axis of the subject's lower leg after the treating therapist induces passive ankle dorsiflexion to end range.

OTHER

Slow, Mobilization Stretch

With the subject in a seated position on a treatment table and the lower extremity of interest stabilized to the table with a belt, a single standardized treating investigator will grasp the foot of interested with the thenar eminences on the foot's plantar surface. Traction will be delivered to the talocrural joint at the treating therapist's second perception of tissue resistance in 3 bouts of 30-second holds, separated by 10 seconds of rest.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Southern California

  collaborator OTHER

• American Physical Therapy Association

  collaborator OTHER

• University of the Pacific

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Todd E Davenport, PT, DPT, OCS · University of the Pacific

• Kornelia Kulig, PhD, PT · University of Southern California

• Beth Fisher, PhD, PT · University of Southern California

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

DOUBLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

16 Years

Max Age

60 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2009-01-31

Primary Completion

2015-12-31

Completion

2015-12-31

Countries

• United States

Study Locations