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Clinical Trials/ACTRN12616000217404
ACTRN12616000217404
Completed
Not Applicable

For subjects with functional ankle instability, what is the immediate and short-term effect of joint mobilization with training v.s. training and sham massage on cortico-spinal excitability?

Yi-fen Shih0 sites55 target enrollmentFebruary 17, 2016

Overview

Phase
Not Applicable
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Functional ankle instability
Sponsor
Yi-fen Shih
Enrollment
55
Status
Completed
Last Updated
6 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
February 17, 2016
End Date
TBD
Last Updated
6 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Sex
All

Investigators

Sponsor
Yi-fen Shih

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • Patients with functional ankle instability with age between 20 and 50 years old; score of Cumberland Ankle Instability Tool (CAIT) lower than 27; one or more positive signs in the following criteria: (1\) Had a serious inversion ankle sprain following with swelling, pain and functional impairment within a year; (2\) recurrence of ankle sprain on the affected foot or any symptom of weakness and giving way.
  • For healthy subjects, the inclusion criteria included age between 20 and 50 years old, no past history of lower extremity surgery, and no past history of lower extremity injury within six week. Score of Cumberland Ankle Instability Tool (CAIT) greater than 28\.

Exclusion Criteria

  • (1\) ankle sprain within 6 weeks; (2\) a history of lower extremity fracture or surgery; (3\) seizure; (4\) any mental implantation; (5\) positive sign in anterior drawer test or talar tilt test; (6\) neurological disease, pregnant, or serious systemic disease which might effect subjects' balance control

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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