Effects Of High Voltage Pulsed Current On Ankle Post-Traumatic Injuries
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 28
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Pain with the visual analogue scale.
研究概览
简要总结
The investigators hypothesis is that HVPC with negative polarity diminishes local post-traumatic edema in ankle sprains. Therefore, the objective of this study was to analyze the effect of HVPC on edema secondary to ankle sprains in humans.
详细描述
Most studies have investigated the effects of HVPC on edema in animals and only one in humans was identified. The studies had showed that HVPC had some advantages for controlling edema in animals but there are not yet conclusive results on the effect of this intervention in humans.For this reason, we proposed a randomized controlled double-blinded clinical trial with three groups of intervention. In our study compared the effects of standard physical therapy treatment with the HVPC with negative and positive polarity.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- Triple (Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 26 Years（Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Ankle post traumatic edema secondary to a sprain
- •Sprain with evolution between 2 and 96 hours
- •Sprain positive to anterior drawer test or lateral inclination mobilizations.
排除标准
- •Subjects with grade III sprains that required surgical management
- •Edema secondary to systemic illness
- •Muscular dystrophy or atrophy
- •Injuries, open or infected zones
- •People taking anti-inflammatory medication or using empirical treatment as tractions, strong massages or manual.
结局指标
主要结局
Pain with the visual analogue scale.
时间窗: The pain was measured before and at the end of the treatment.
次要结局
- Range of movement (ROM) of plantar and dorsal flexion, inversion and eversion were measured with a goniometer.(The ROM was measured before and at the end of the treatment.)
- Edema was assessed with measures of ankle girth and volume.(The edema was measured before and at the end of the treatment.)
- Some descriptive variables of gait such as step and stride length, and the gait speed.(The variables of gait were measured before and at the end of the treatment)