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NCT Number: NCT01298856

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

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

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Key information

Conditions

Sports Rehabilitation Program Ankle Instability Hydrotherapy

Age range

18 year–35 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Thammasat University

Khlong Luang, Changwat Pathum Thani, 12121, Thailand

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

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

Treatment and study plan

hydrotherapy

Procedure

hydrotherapy and ankle taping and land-based

Other names: ankle taping, land-based

Primary outcomes

  1. To compare the effect of ankle functional ability between the athletes with chronic ankle instability in the intervention group and the control group

    Time frame: 18 months

Secondary outcomes

  1. To compare the effect of active joint position sense, single limb balance, SF-36 and re-injury rate

    Time frame: 18 months

    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

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Chulalongkorn University

Other

Collaborators

  • Thammasat University

Registry information

Official study 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

Acronym: CAI

Important dates

Study start
2009
Primary completion
2010
Study completion
2011
First posted
Feb 18, 2011
Registry last updated
Feb 18, 2011

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