Return to Physical Activity Following Injury: Towards Understanding a More Accessible Solution for Shorter Recovery Time.

Cryotherapy Clinical Trial

Official title:

Return to Physical Activity Following Injury: Towards Understanding a More Accessible Solution for Shorter Recovery Time.

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Not yet recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03899714
• Other study ID #: Cryotherapy and Balance
• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: April 15, 2019
• Est. completion date: June 1, 2019

Study information

• Verified date: March 2019
• Source: Cairo University
• Contact: Abeer F Hanafy, PhD
• Phone: 01063044443
• Email: abeerfarag22[@]gmail.com
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of cryotherapy application on hip adductors and ankle evertors on the Overall Stability Index (OSI), the Medio-Lateral Stability Index (MLSI), and the Antero-Posterior Stability Index (APSI) in healthy adult females.

Description:

Cryotherapy is one of the most common and inexpensive forms of treatment for both acute and chronic injuries. Yet, there is a deficiency in research concerning the impact of cooling on balance in healthy females

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Enrollment: 30
• Est. completion date: June 1, 2019
• Est. primary completion date: May 15, 2019
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 18 Years to 30 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• healthy females will participate in this study. All participants should have unrestricted ankle and hip joints range of motion as well as ankle and hip muscles strength grade four to five (using manual muscle testing).

Exclusion Criteria:

• Participants will be excluded from the study if they had any previous history of hip or ankle joint neuromuscular or musculoskeletal injury or surgery, any pathology to the hip or ankle joints (i.e. abnormal ligament laxity and congenital deformities), any problems related to balance and stability.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Cryotherapy

Intervention

Other:
• Cryotherapy
Crushed ice in a plastic bag will be used, as it is a widely accessible and financially convenient method of cryotherapy. One half of a kilogram of ice will be placed in a plastic bag. The plastic bags will be 17 cm wide and 22 cm long. The air will be squeezed out of the bag and it will be sealed. The bag will be wrapped in a wet towel and applied to the tested area. Every five bags of crushed ice will be kept in an insulated foam container containing one kilogram of dry ice. Dry ice has a temperature of negative 80 degrees Celsius, and is used to keep the bags of crushed ice in a frozen state till the participants are briefed and the testing began.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Cairo University

References & Publications (2)

Algafly AA, George KP. The effect of cryotherapy on nerve conduction velocity, pain threshold and pain tolerance. Br J Sports Med. 2007 Jun;41(6):365-9; discussion 369. Epub 2007 Jan 15. — View Citation

Bleakley C, McDonough S, MacAuley D. The use of ice in the treatment of acute soft-tissue injury: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials. Am J Sports Med. 2004 Jan-Feb;32(1):251-61. Review. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Overall Stability Index	The Stability Index represented the variance of platform displacement in degrees from a leveled position in both the AP and ML directions. A high number is indicative of poor neuromuscular control, which may increase the potential for orthopedic injury or falling.	changes from Baseline to immediately after the cryotherapy application
Secondary	Medio-lateral Postural Stability Index		changes from Baseline to immediately after the cryotherapy application
Secondary	Antero-posterior Postural Stability index		changes from Baseline to immediately after the cryotherapy application