Ankle Instability in Flamenco Dancers

Completed

• Conditions: Ankle Disease; Dance
• Interventions: Behavioral: Flamenco dance

• Registration Number: NCT04145206
• Lead Sponsor: University of Seville

Brief Summary

The injuries in the dancers are usually associated with different factors such as the characteristics of the footwear, height of the heel and physical requirements, the articulation of the ankle being the most susceptible when the loads are not adequately dealt. The main objective is to evaluate in a sample of subjects if there is a difference in the stability of the ankle, as a consequence of previous sprains, between flamenco dancers and dancers and a dance-free control group.

Detailed Description

An observational study. This study has involved a population of 26 subjects divided into two groups of 13 each is studied (40,15 ± 4,675 años); the experimental group is characterized by the practice of flamenco dance

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2018-03-01
• Primary Completion: 2018-06-01
• Study Completion: 2018-06-15
• Status Verified: 2019-10
• Study First Submitted: 2019-10-28
• Study First Submitted QC: 2019-10-28
• Study First Posted: 2019-10-30
• Last Update Submitted: 2019-10-31
• Last Update Posted: 2019-11-04

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 26

Inclusion Criteria

Flamenco dancers

Exclusion Criteria

• no

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
experimental group	Flamenco dance	the experimental group is characterized by the practice of flamenco dance

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Ankle drawer test	A day, the inclusion day in the study	Evaluation of the ankle drawer test, in millimeters

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Aurora Castro Mendez; 🇪🇸 Sevilla, Spain