The Effect of Hydrotherapy and Land-based Rehabilitation Program Combined With Ankle Taping in Athletes With Chronic Ankle Instability

Hydrotherapy Clinical Trial

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Official title:

The Effect of Hydrotherapy and Land-based Rehabilitation Program Combined With Ankle Taping on Ankle Functional Ability and Re-injury Rate in Athletes With Chronic Ankle Instability

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01298856
• Other study ID #: 014/52
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: January 8, 2011
• Last updated: February 16, 2011
• Start date: June 2009
• Est. completion date: January 2011

Study information

• Verified date: January 2011
• Source: Chulalongkorn University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Thailand : Thammasat University Ethics Committee for Human Research
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

There will be a difference in ankle functional ability between athletes with chronic ankle instability in the intervention group and in the control group.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 50
• Est. completion date: January 2011
• Est. primary completion date: September 2010
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years to 35 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• recurrent ankle sprain in one year

• sustain at least one repeated injury or have the experience of ankle instability feelings or "giving way"

• not undergoing formal or informal rehabilitation for the unstable ankle in the last three months

• have residual symptoms after recurrent sprain of the ankle

Exclusion Criteria:

• have the history of fracture or surgical procedures in the lower extremity

• have the history of neurological disorders affecting the lower extremities vestibular dysfunction or balance disorder

• allergic to the zinc oxide compound in the adhesive tape

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Ankle Instability
• Hydrotherapy
• Sports Rehabilitation Program

Intervention

Procedure:
• hydrotherapy
hydrotherapy and ankle taping and land-based

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Thailand	Thammasat University	Khlong Luang	Pathum Thani

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Chulalongkorn University	Thammasat University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Thailand, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	To compare the effect of ankle functional ability between the athletes with chronic ankle instability in the intervention group and the control group		18 months	No
Secondary	To compare the effect of active joint position sense, single limb balance, SF-36 and re-injury rate	Parameters; active joint position sense in ankle plantarflexion 30 degree and ankle inversion 15 degree; single limb balance in standard deviation and Range; SF-36 in 8 Items of questionnairs	18 months	No