THE EFFECT OF MANUAL LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE ON ACUTE AND POST-ACUTE ANKLE SPRAIN IN ATHLETES
Overview
- Phase
- N/A
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Ankle Sprains
- Sponsor
- Sylvia Maher Mohsen Farid Hanna
- Enrollment
- 80
- Primary Endpoint
- static balance
- Status
- Not Yet Recruiting
- Last Updated
- 2 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
Manual lymphatic drainage techniques (MLDTs) are special techniques in manual therapy used in rehabilitation for treatment of physical dysfunctions and pathologies. Such practices could be done by medical team or clinicians. Theories on MLDTs address functions like stimulating the lymphatic system by increasing lymph circulation, facilitating the removal of waste products from body tissues, reducing edema, and decreasing the responses of sympathetic nervous system while increasing the parasympathetic nervous tone leading to a relaxed body state.
Detailed Description
This study will examine the effect of manual lymphatic drainage on pain intensity, ankle swelling, range of motion, static and dynamic functional stability in acute and post-acute ankle sprain in athletes. Edema treatment includes a variety of techniques; elevation, compression, electrical stimulation, ultrasound, and massage are a few of them. Profound clinical check is required to determine the kind of edema management. However, the effect of these techniques on the lymphatic system and the edema itself is questionable. Manual Lymphatic Drainage mechanism, although still under investigation, is also a valid treatment management that does not cause inflammation, reduces the absorption of waste products and excess fluid and still urges the lymphatic system to work better.
Investigators
Sylvia Maher Mohsen Farid Hanna
master
Cairo University
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •. Basketball Athletes patients diagnosed as acute and post-acute ankle sprain.
- •Patients within 18 and 30 years old.
- •Patients with grade I, II ankle inversion sprain.
- •All participants complains of pain and moderate swelling in the ankle.
Exclusion Criteria
- •Previous ankle surgery.
- •Serious pathology.
- •History of fractures in the ankle joint.
- •Vascular disorders.
- •Grade III ankle sprain.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
static balance
Time Frame: starting and after 4 weeks
Flamingo Balance Test to assess static balance
dynamic postural balance
Time Frame: starting and after 4 weeks
Star Excursion Balance Test to assess dynamic postural balance
Secondary Outcomes
- range of motion(starting and after 4 weeks)
- swelling(starting and after 4 weeks)
- Pain intensity(starting and after 4 weeks)