Effectiveness of Ice application in acute ankle sprain treatment
- Conditions
- Rupture of ligaments at ankle and foot level
- Registration Number
- RBR-8v9gr9c
- Lead Sponsor
- niversidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Male
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
Age between 18-60 years old; Clinical diagnosis of grade I or II ankle sprains, indicating an incomplete ligament rupture; Time of up to 72 hours from the episode of the injury to the day of the medical appointment; Bone fractures excluded by radiography or by the Ottawa ankle rules
Grade III (severe) ankle sprain, indicating complete ligament injury, determined by a clear positive test of the anterior drawer and / or inversion stress test, accompanied by severe swelling, hemorrhage, high level of pain on palpation, in addition to total loss of the ability to support weight on the foot and of the dorsiflexion range of motion; Open injuries that contraindicate the application of ice; Having applied some form of cryotherapy more than once since the moment of the injury until the allocation process; Apply some form of cryotherapy after being assigned to the control group; Have any conditions that contraindicate the application of ice (e.g. Raynaud's syndrome), or any other intervention prescribed in this study
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Intervention
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method It is expected to find an increase in the level of function in the short (7 to 14 days after allocation) and long term (12 weeks after allocation) follow-ups, assessed by the patient self-reported questionnaire Lower Extremity Functional Scale (0-80 points), based on the observation of a minimum clinically important difference of 9 points in post-intervention measurements between experimental and control groups.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method