The Effect of Balance Training in People With Functional Ankle Instability (FAI)

NCT01157663 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 2010/345
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 60
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Ankle sprain is the most occurring sport related injury. In addition, 40% of the people who sustain such an injury display residual symptoms under the general denominator functional ankle instability (FAI). In literature, there is already given a lot of attention to extrinsic and intrinsic risk factors of FAI. Furthermore, there is a major focus on the possible interventions which may be able to reduce the chance of developing chronic instability. At this moment there is a lack of unequivocality. In this study the investigators address the question of what is the effect of a balance training programme on the movement strategy. Therefore kinematics, kinetics, plantar pressure measurements and muscle activity are taken in consideration The purpose of this study is a better insight in the effect of treatment on the residual symptoms related to FAI.

Conditions

Functional Ankle Instability

Keywords

Functional ankle instability

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• effect of balance training on movement strategy

  kinematics, kinetics, plantar pressures and muscle activity

  after 8 weeks of treatment

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• self-assessed complaints registration using questionnaires

  after 8 weeks

• self-assessed complaints registration using questionnaires

  after 1 year

• self-assessed complaints registration using questionnaires

  at baseline

Study Arms (2)

Adapted Balance Training group

EXPERIMENTAL

Other: Adapted balance training

Standard Balance training group

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Balance training with unipedal standing during 8 weeks

Other: Balance Training

Interventions

Adapted balance training OTHER

during 8 weeks

Adapted Balance Training group

Balance Training OTHER

Balance training with unipedal standing during 8 weeks

Standard Balance training group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• a history of more than 1 unilateral ankle sprain
• presence of feeling of 'giving way'
• a feeling of weakness around the ankle
• a decreased functional participation

You may not qualify if:

• ankle fracture
• ankle surgery
• lower limb pain (not related to an ankle sprain)
• ankle distortion in the last 3 months
• currently receiving treatment
• disturbance of equilibrium

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University Ghent: lead

Study Sites (1)

University Ghent

Ghent, Belgium

Location

Study Officials

• Philip Roosen, PhD

  University Ghent

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 30, 2010
• First Posted: July 7, 2010
• Study Start: December 1, 2010
• Primary Completion: May 1, 2011
• Study Completion: December 1, 2013
• Last Updated: December 5, 2014

Record last verified: 2014-12

Locations

BE (1)