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Squat Jump Performance and Chiropractic Ankle Manipulation

NCT07641621 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2026-06-16

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if chiropractic ankle manipulation can improve squat jump performance. It will also learn about the relationship among chiropractic ankle manipulation, ankle range of motion, and squat jump performance. The main questions it aims to answer are:

* Does chiropractic ankle manipulation increase squat jump height?
* Is there a relationship among chiropractic ankle manipulation, ankle range of motion, and squat jump performance?

Researchers will compare squat jump performance between subjects who receive chiropractic ankle manipulations with control subjects to see if ankle chiropractic manipulation works to improve squat jump performance.

Participants will:

* Visit the research laboratory for one testing session to measure ankle range of motion and squat jump performance, before and after their randomly assigned intervention arm
* Receive either a chiropractic ankle manipulations or rest quietly as the control condition during the testing session.

Conditions

  • Athletic Performance
  • Neuromuscular Adaptations
  • Lower Limb
  • Chiropractic Manipulation

Interventions

OTHER

Manual Therapy Procedure: Chiropractic Ankle Manipulation

The lower extremity manipulation (LEM) procedure is a short lever, high velocity, low-amplitude distractive (caudal) thrust directed at the talocrural joint. The treating chiropractor will deliver the LEM to the right ankle then the left ankle. LEM is an adjustment for long axis distraction of the tibiotalar joint with the goal to improve dorsiflexion of the ankle joint.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Northeast College of Health Sciences

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
35 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2026-06-30
Primary Completion
2027-05-31
Completion
2027-05-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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