Chiropractic care and perceived ankle instability

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Ankle Instability; Alternative and Complementary Medicine - Other alternative and complementary medicine; Physical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Other physical medicine / rehabilitation; Musculoskeletal - Other muscular and skeletal disorders

• Registration Number: ACTRN12616000234415
• Lead Sponsor: ew Zealand College of Chiropractic

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2016-02-22
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 15

Inclusion Criteria

15 subjects will be recruited via advertising within the New Zealand College of Chiropractic community. Participants may include students, staff, faculty, and previous patients of the College’s chiropractic centre and also family, friends and acquaintances of the New Zealand College of Chiropractic community. The experimental protocol will be advertised inviting volunteers that have experienced more than one ankle sprain and have signs of perceived ankle instability. Inclusion criteria will be history of ankle sprain with a score of below 27 on the Cumberland Ankle Instability Tool (CAIT) questionnaire (Hiller et al., 2006). Further, subjects must be English speaking and aged 18-50.

Exclusion Criteria

Exclusion criteria will be recent osteomioligamentar injury (within the last month) and/or vestibular dysfunction. Subjects will also be ineligible to participate if they exhibit no evidence of vertebral subluxations, have absolute contraindications to spinal adjustment, have experienced previous significant adverse reactions to chiropractic care, or they are suffering from a current lower limb disorder/dysfunction that would make them unable to carry out data recording sessions (e.g. severe sprain/strain/fracture).

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The outcome measure will be assessed pre and post manipulation sessions and pre and post control intervention session. Ankle joint function will be assessed using an acelerometer, inclinometer, goniometer.<br>[Immediately pre and post manipulation sessions and pre and post control intervention session]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
one[None]