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Cross Education Effect of Balance Program in Patients With Ankle Instability

NCT04072965 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 10

Last updated 2020-07-16

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Summary

Researchers recommended that NeuroMuscularControl (NMC) training should not begin immediately after an acute Lateral Ankle Sprain(LAS) because of pain and weight-bearing restrictions. So, there is a need for an alternative way by which we can begin NMC retraining sooner. By training the non-affected ankle (Cross education), clinicians can begin NMC retraining before the individuals can bear weight on the affected ankle, in the acute stage of healing, or even if there is any other precautions or contraindications to exercise due to the injuries. Athletes with more chronic injuries may be able to perform NMC and functional retraining at higher levels than otherwise would be possible by initiating the training on the non affected ankle. Initiating these activities on the non-affected ankle will result in earlier improvements in postural control and function in the affected ankle.

By this way, the rehabilitation times will be short, athletes can return earlier to sport participation or work, health care costs will decrease. Up to the knowledge of the author, there is a gap in research investigating cross education effect of balance program in patients with ankle instability. So, the current study was conducted to reveal the role of this phenomena in such cases and add this phenomenon on the physical therapy field to manage patients with ankle instability (If Cross Education phenomena is effective, this phenomena will be used in rehabilitation).

Conditions

  • Balance
  • Ankle Instability

Interventions

OTHER

balance training

Thirty five females with CAI will be recruited from the Faculty of Physical Therapy, Cairo University by announcements to participate in this study. The participants will be randomly assigned into three groups; (A) Cross Education will receive single leg balance training for the non affected side (n=10), (B) Traditional training will receive single leg balance training for the affected side (n=10), (C) control group will receive no intervention (n=15).

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Cairo University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Nadia Ma Elsotohy, Dr · Dr

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
35 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-06-23
Primary Completion
2019-12-30
Completion
2019-12-30

Countries

  • Egypt

Study Locations

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