The Effect of Ankle Taping and Balance Exercises on Postural Stability

Proprioceptive Disorders Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Effect of Ankle Taping and Balance Exercises on Postural Stability Indices in Healthy Women

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01730859
• Other study ID #: 90-2339
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: November 10, 2012
• Last updated: November 21, 2012
• Start date: February 2011
• Est. completion date: December 2011

Study information

• Verified date: November 2012
• Source: Zahedan University of Medical Sciences
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Iran: Ethics Committee
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Both taping and balance exercises have effects on dynamic balance, so this study compared ankle taping and balance exercise on postural stability indices in healthy women. we hypothesized that both balance exercise and taping would increase stability indices but the effects of balance exercise was more greater than taping.

Description:

The ability to control the body in the space is a complex interaction between musculoskeletal and neural systems. This set is called postural control system. Postural control involves the control of body position in space for the dual purposes of postural stability and postural orientation. Balance process is divided into four-stage by Sullivan and Markos: mobility, stability, controlled mobility, and skill. Several types of exercise have been proposed to improve proprioception. Bout and Gahery stated that balance exercises improve neuromuscular relations and reduces the proprioception errors. They believe that those who have more proprioception difficulty may benefit more from exercise therapy.Taping is another technique to enhance proprioception. Improvement in proprioception leads to better function and reduction of disability. Kinesiotaping is being used to prevent injuries and to help curing the injury. It can also improve efficiency in sport, improve lymph and venous circulation, decrease edema, stimulate the mechanoreceptors and increase awareness of subject about the ankle position, reduces the pain and improves muscle performance

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 30
• Est. completion date: December 2011
• Est. primary completion date: October 2011
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 19 Years to 22 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• having no pain in ankle joint, not having sport activity in the period of this study, healthy sensory motor function in lower limb, no history of neuromuscular disease, vertigo or any uncorrected visual problems, any kind of ankle injury or lower limb surgery, taking sedative medication, cardiovascular, neurologic, and pulmonary disease, balance problems, rheumatoid disease, psychological disease, body mass index between 17 to25.

Exclusion Criteria:

• ankle pain, allergy to tape, and not completing all interventional sessions.

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Disturbance; Balance, Labyrinth
• Proprioceptive Disorders

Intervention

Other:
• Balance exercise and ankle taping
Balance Exercises: The first group performed balance exercise which last for six weeks, 3 times a week, and 40 minutes each session. Each session started by several minutes of slow walking and progressive stretching of ankle, knee and hip muscles which was gradually increased in time and repetition. After that, balance exercises were performed. Ankle taping: In second group Ankle joint taping continued for 6 weeks and was renewed three times a week.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Iran, Islamic Republic of	School of rehabilitaion Sciences	Zahedan	Sistan and Baluchestan

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Zahedan University of Medical Sciences

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Iran, Islamic Republic of, 

References & Publications (1)

Lentell G, Baas B, Lopez D, McGuire L, Sarrels M, Snyder P. The contributions of proprioceptive deficits, muscle function, and anatomic laxity to functional instability of the ankle. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther. 1995 Apr;21(4):206-15. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Other	BMI	The height of the subjects measured by a meter with 1 cm accuracy and a digital weighting scale used for measuring subjects	6 weeks	No
Primary	Stability Index	Biodex Balance System: It is possible to quantify the neuromuscular control performance by evaluating subject's ability in single and double leg balance on a stable or unstable surface. This system can be used to do exercises in order to increase kinesthetic abilities and improve proprioception.	6 weeks	Yes
Secondary	zone and quadrant	In balance testing which quadrant and zone are used by subjects.	6 weeks	Yes

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