The Influence of Dual Task and Gait Speed on Gait Variability in Patients With Chronic Ankle Instability

NCT02745834 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: IDF-1482-2014
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 40
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Case-control study to evaluate gait parameters during different conditions between patients who suffer from chronic ankle instability and healthy individuals.

Conditions

Chronic Instability of Joint

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Stride time variability

  Coefficient of variance of the stride time, measured in % by the OPTOGait system

  Day 1

• Stride length variability

  Coefficient of variance of the stride length, measured in % by the OPTOGait system

  Day 1

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Dual task general score

  Day 1

Study Arms (2)

Chronic Ankle Instability

EXPERIMENTAL

Soldiers who suffer from chronic ankle instability who had a first major ankle sprain one year or more ago, and did not sustained any major ankle sprain in the last two months, will go through Gait analysis intervention.

Other: Gait analysis

Healthy controls

EXPERIMENTAL

Healthy soldiers who are not suffering from chronic ankle instability, will go through Gait analysis intervention.

Other: Gait analysis

Interventions

Gait analysis OTHER

Gait will be analysed while participants will walk on a treadmill at different self selected speeds, using the OPTOGait system. Spatiotemporal measures are collected without the use of any markers.

Chronic Ankle Instability; Healthy controls

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 40 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• history of at least one significant ankle sprain which occurred at least 12 months prior to enrolment in the study and was diagnosed by a physician or a physical therapist using clinical examination classifications described by Malliaropoulos et al
• history of at least two episodes of 'giving way', and feelings of ankle joint instability in the previously injured ankle joint of 1 year post-initial sprain
• the most recent injury occurred more than 6 weeks prior to the study enrolment
• the ability to apply full weight bearing on the injured lower extremity with no more than mild discomfort

You may not qualify if:

• evidence of a concomitant injury (such as a bony injury or significant muscular/tendon injury)
• previous ankle surgery
• other pathological conditions or surgical procedures in lower extremity
• neurological/vestibular or any other balance disorder.
• The control group included healthy participants with no current or previous conditions that could affect proprioception.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Medical Corps, Israel Defense Force: lead
• Ariel University: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

IDF Medical Corp

Zrifin, Israel

RECRUITING

Related Publications (1)

• Springer S, Gottlieb U. Effects of dual-task and walking speed on gait variability in people with chronic ankle instability: a cross-sectional study. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2017 Jul 21;18(1):316. doi: 10.1186/s12891-017-1675-1.

  PMID: 28732483 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Interventions

Gait Analysis

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Gait; Physical Examination; Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures; Diagnosis; Physical Functional Performance; Physical Fitness; Health; Population Characteristics

Study Officials

• Shmuel Springer, PhD

  Researcher

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Shmuel Springer, PhD

CONTACT

+972-584572869; shmuels@ariel.ac.il

Study Design

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

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 15, 2016
• First Posted: April 20, 2016
• Study Start: October 1, 2015
• Primary Completion: May 1, 2016
• Study Completion: October 1, 2016
• Last Updated: April 20, 2016

Record last verified: 2016-01

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

IL (1)