NCT04072965

Cross Education Effect of Balance Program in Patients With Ankle Instability

Completed NA Last updated 16 July 2020

What this trial tests

NA trial testing balance training in Balance in 10 participants. Completed in 30 December 2019.

Timeline

23 June 2019

Primary endpoint
30 December 2019

30 December 2019

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Cairo University
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	single
Primary purpose	treatment
Enrollment	10
Start date	23 June 2019
Primary completion	30 December 2019
Estimated completion	30 December 2019
Sites	1 location across Egypt

Drugs / interventions tested

• balance training

Conditions studied

• Balance — all drugs for Balance →
• Ankle Instability — all drugs for Ankle Instability →

Sponsor

Cairo University

Who can join

Adults 18 to 35, female only, with Balance or Ankle Instability. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Researchers recommended that NeuroMuscularControl (NMC) training should not begin immediately after an acute Lateral Ankle Sprain(LAS) because of pain and weight-bearing restrictions. So, there is a need for an alternative way by which we can begin NMC retraining sooner. By training the non-affected ankle (Cross education), clinicians can begin NMC retraining before the individuals can bear weight on the affected ankle, in the acute stage of healing, or even if there is any other precautions or contraindications to exercise due to the injuries. Athletes with more chronic injuries may be able to perform NMC and functional retraining at higher levels than otherwise would be possible by initiating the training on the non affected ankle. Initiating these activities on the non-affected ankle will result in earlier improvements in postural control and function in the affected ankle.

By this way, the rehabilitation times will be short, athletes can return earlier to sport participation or work, health care costs will decrease. Up to the knowledge of the author, there is a gap in research investigating cross education effect of balance program in patients with ankle instability. So, the current study was conducted to reveal the role of this phenomena in such cases and add this phenomenon on the physical therapy field to manage patients with ankle instability (If Cross Education phenomena is effective, this phenomena will be used in rehabilitation).

Publications & conference data

No peer-reviewed publications indexed yet for this trial. Completed trials usually publish results within 12-18 months.