NCT05859256

Flossing Protocol and Manual Therapy in Young Subjects With Recurrent Ankle Sprains

Completed NA Last updated 11 April 2024

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Experimental in Young People in 24 participants. Completed in 1 July 2023.

Timeline

6 May 2023

Primary endpoint
3 June 2023

1 July 2023

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	double
Primary purpose	treatment
Enrollment	24
Start date	6 May 2023
Primary completion	3 June 2023
Estimated completion	1 July 2023
Sites	1 location across Spain

Drugs / interventions tested

• Experimental — full drug profile →
• Control

Conditions studied

• Young People — all drugs for Young People →

Sponsor

Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia

Who can join

Adults 18 to 22, any sex, with Young People. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

The most frequent lateral ankle sprain mechanism consists of talocrural plantarflexion added to a subtalar inversion. The anterior talofibular ligament, in plantar flexion, suffers maximum stress, being very sensitive to injury mechanisms with inversion of the foot, being the cause of up to 70% of sprains. The risk of injury recurrence must be taken into account. In sports practice, this percentage of recurrence is especially relevant.

Randomized clinical study. Participants will be randomized to a control or experimental group. The dependent variable will be the range of motion in ankle dorsiflexion. Secondary variables will be pressure pain threshold, and stability of the foot and ankle. Three evaluations will be carried out: before the start of the study (T0), after the intervention (T1) and after a 4-week follow-up period (T2). All evaluations will be performed by one evaluator, blinded to player assignment The intervention consists of the application of a treatment protocol based on an initial active warm-up consisting of 3 active exercises, walking for 1 minute performing slow and controlled movement of the ankle, raising the heels, 15 repetitions, dorsiflexion of the ankle in the standing position. gentleman, 15 reps. Subsequently, the floss band will be placed, performing again the 3 active warm-up exercises with the band on. After this, the passive manual techniques will be carried out for the remaining time, removing the flossing at the end of the latter, and actively mobilizing again.

Publications & conference data

1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

1. Effectiveness of a Flossing Protocol and Manual Therapy in Improving the Clinical and Functional Status of Subjects with Recurrent Ankle Sprains; A Double-Blind Randomized Clinical Trial.
   Bermúdez-Egidos M, Pérez-Llanes R, Cuesta-Barriuso R. · · 2025 · cited 1× · PMID 40843771 · DOI 10.3390/medsci13030149