Dose-response of Anteroposterior Mobilizations in Weight Bearing Talus Dorsiflexion in the Older Adult: Allegorized Clinical Trial
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Aging Problems
- Sponsor
- University of Valencia
- Enrollment
- 62
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Treatment dose
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 5 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
Ankle mobility limitations are common in older adults. A possible treatment to restore joint mobility is manual therapy based on mobilization techniques, in this case, applied on the ankle joint. Previous research had proposed different treatment volumes (one to twelve sessions), but shown a different and non-consistent degree of effectiveness according to such factor. Therefore, this work aims to determine the dose-response relationship of manual therapy (talus mobilizations) on ankle range of motion in the older adult.
Investigators
David Hernández
Principal Investigator
University of Valencia
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Community-dwelling older adults.
- •Limited ankle mobility (\< 35 degrees).
- •Over 60 years.
Exclusion Criteria
- •Not willing to participate or signing a consent form
- •Lower limb injury in the three months prior to the study (ex. sprain)
- •Diagnosed condition that may influence mobility assessments (i.e. stroke)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Treatment dose
Time Frame: Change from baseline to end of intervention (2 weeks) and follow-up (10 weeks)
Number of sessions of experimental intervention needed to induce a clinically important gain in ankle mobility after the intervention. A baseline progression over 4.6º in the Lunge test will be considered clinically important (Powden, 2015), so that the number of sessions will be established when this threshold is exceeded (see secondary outcome) .
Secondary Outcomes
- The Lunge test(Change from baseline, to end of intervention (2 weeks) and follow-up (10 weeks))