Balance Training With Stroboscopic Vision

Proprioceptive Disorders Clinical Trial

Official title:

Influence of Stroboscopic Vision on Balance in Patients With Chronic Ankle Instability

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04210518
• Other study ID #: UJASB
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: May 2, 2019
• Est. completion date: July 20, 2019

Study information

• Verified date: December 2019
• Source: University of Jaén
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Balance training with stroboscopic vision in patients with chronic ankle instability.

Description:

This study was a single-blinded randomized controlled trial with two intervention groups consisted in multimodal balance training, multimodal balance training in addition to stroboscopic glasses and control group who received no intervention.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 75
• Est. completion date: July 20, 2019
• Est. primary completion date: July 10, 2019
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 60 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• a previous episode of ankle sprain in at least 6 months before the beginning of the study

• a score of 25 or less in the Cumberland Ankle Instability Tool

• no history of others musculoskeletal injuries in the lower limbs

Exclusion Criteria:

• an acute ankle sprain within the last six weeks

• Recent lower limb surgery

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Ankle Inversion Sprain
• Proprioceptive Disorders
• Somatosensory Disorders

Intervention

Other:
• Neuromuscular training
This intervention consisted of a supervised multimodal exercise protocol addressing different aspects of balance including static and dynamic tasks on the injured ankle. The training program comprised 6 exercises that were progressively adapted depending on the patient's execution controlled by an expert physiotherapist
• Stroboscopic glasses
Patients included in this group performed the same protocol described in the balance training group with the addition of the stroboscopic glasses during the intervention.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Spain	University of Jaen	Jaen

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Jaén	University of Miami

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Spain, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Ankle range of motion	Ankle dorsiflexion range of motion was assessed by the weight-bearing lunge test. The patient is positioned in a standing position facing a wall with the involved foot parallel with a tape measure which has been attached to the floor and the opposite leg placed behind in a tandem stance. A forward lunge is performed until the anterior knee tries to make contact with the wall with the heel firmly planted on the ground.	From baseline to six weeks.
Primary	Dynamic balance	Dynamic balance has been measured by a simplified version of the Star Excursion Balance Test where the anterior, posteromedial and posterolateral reach directions were collected for statistical analysis.	From baseline to six weeks.
Secondary	Self-reported instability and function	To determine the severity of ankle instability the Cumberland ankle instability tool. This questionnaire is a nine items questionnaire ranged from 0 to 30 (0 related with severe impairment and 30 no subjective instability feeling) and has been reported to be a valid tool with high internal consistency and reliability.	From baseline to six weeks.