Dose-response of Posterior Talus Mobilizations on Ankle Range of Motion and Overall Mobility in Older Adults
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 终止
- 入组人数
- 42
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Treatment dose
研究概览
简要总结
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. Secondarily, this research will appraise whether a likely improvement in ankle mobility may have an impact on the overall mobility (i.e. gait, get up from a chair).
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Prevention
- 盲法
- Double (Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 60 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Community-dwelling older adults
- •Over 60 years
- •Limited ankle dorsiflexion range of motion
排除标准
- •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)
结局指标
主要结局
Treatment dose
时间窗: Change from baseline to end of intervention (2 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) .
次要结局
- Active ankle range of motion(Change from baseline, to end of intervention (2 weeks) and follow-up (10 weeks))
- The Lunge test(Change from baseline, to end of intervention (2 weeks) and follow-up (10 weeks))
- Timed up and go test (TUG)(Change from baseline, to end of intervention (2 weeks) and follow-up (10 weeks))
研究者
David Hernández
PT, PhD
University of Valencia