Return to Physical Activity Following Injury: Towards Understanding a More Accessible Solution for Shorter Recovery Time.

NCT03899714 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: Cryotherapy and Balance
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 30
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of cryotherapy application on hip adductors and ankle evertors on the Overall Stability Index (OSI), the Medio-Lateral Stability Index (MLSI), and the Antero-Posterior Stability Index (APSI) in healthy adult females.

Conditions

Cryotherapy

Keywords

Postural Stability; Public Health; Balance

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Overall Stability Index

  The Stability Index represented the variance of platform displacement in degrees from a leveled position in both the AP and ML directions. A high number is indicative of poor neuromuscular control, which may increase the potential for orthopedic injury or falling.

  changes from Baseline to immediately after the cryotherapy application

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Medio-lateral Postural Stability Index

  changes from Baseline to immediately after the cryotherapy application

• Antero-posterior Postural Stability index

  changes from Baseline to immediately after the cryotherapy application

Study Arms (2)

Ankle evertors

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Ice packs will be applied to the selected muscles according to the random selection that will be performed previously. The ice bags will be filled with crushed ice, weighing approximately one half of a kilogram. They will be wrapped in a thin cotton towel, and applied on the skin along the anatomical location of the tested muscles. For the ankle evertors, the ice bag will be applied to the lateral side of the ankle encompassing the lateral malleolus.The cryotherapy session will be lasted for exactly 20 minutes . Sessions will be separated by a 30-minute rest interval

Other: Cryotherapy

Hip adductors

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Ice packs will be applied to the selected muscles according to the random selection that will be performed previously. The ice bags will be filled with crushed ice, weighing approximately one half of a kilogram. They will be wrapped in a thin cotton towel, and applied on the skin along the anatomical location of the tested muscles. For the hip adductors, the ice bag will be applied to the medial side of the thigh, covering the entire area from the groin, to just above the knee joint. The cryotherapy session will be lasted for exactly 20 minutes . Sessions will be separated by a 30-minute rest interval

Other: Cryotherapy

Interventions

Cryotherapy OTHER

Crushed ice in a plastic bag will be used, as it is a widely accessible and financially convenient method of cryotherapy. One half of a kilogram of ice will be placed in a plastic bag. The plastic bags will be 17 cm wide and 22 cm long. The air will be squeezed out of the bag and it will be sealed. The bag will be wrapped in a wet towel and applied to the tested area. Every five bags of crushed ice will be kept in an insulated foam container containing one kilogram of dry ice. Dry ice has a temperature of negative 80 degrees Celsius, and is used to keep the bags of crushed ice in a frozen state till the participants are briefed and the testing began.

Ankle evertors; Hip adductors

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 30 Years
• Sex: female
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• healthy females will participate in this study. All participants should have unrestricted ankle and hip joints range of motion as well as ankle and hip muscles strength grade four to five (using manual muscle testing).

You may not qualify if:

• Participants will be excluded from the study if they had any previous history of hip or ankle joint neuromuscular or musculoskeletal injury or surgery, any pathology to the hip or ankle joints (i.e. abnormal ligament laxity and congenital deformities), any problems related to balance and stability.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Cairo University: lead

Related Publications (2)

• Algafly AA, George KP. The effect of cryotherapy on nerve conduction velocity, pain threshold and pain tolerance. Br J Sports Med. 2007 Jun;41(6):365-9; discussion 369. doi: 10.1136/bjsm.2006.031237. Epub 2007 Jan 15.

  PMID: 17224445 BACKGROUND

• Bleakley C, McDonough S, MacAuley D. The use of ice in the treatment of acute soft-tissue injury: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials. Am J Sports Med. 2004 Jan-Feb;32(1):251-61. doi: 10.1177/0363546503260757.

  PMID: 14754753 BACKGROUND

MeSH Terms

Interventions

Cryotherapy

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Therapeutics

Study Officials

• Ayman G Matar, PhD

  Lecturer of Biomechanics

  STUDY DIRECTOR

• Nagui S Nassif, Prof.

  Assistant Professor of Biomechanics

  STUDY CHAIR

• Naglaa M Elhafez, Prof.

  Professor of Biomechanics

  STUDY CHAIR

• Ghada M Elhafez, Prof.

  Professor of Biomechanics

  STUDY DIRECTOR

• Sondus Hassounah, Public Health Teaching Fellow

  Public Health Teaching Fellow

  STUDY CHAIR

Central Study Contacts

Abeer F Hanafy, PhD

CONTACT

01063044443; abeerfarag22@gmail.com

Samar O Hassounah, Master

CONTACT

0237617691; dr.samarhassounah@gmail.com

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: CROSSOVER
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Lecturer of Biomechanics

Model Details: Participants will be randomly assigned into one of two locations of the cryotherapy application. Some began the session with cryotherapy being applied on their ankle evertors, while others began the session with the cryotherapy being applied on their hip adductors.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 31, 2019
• First Posted: April 2, 2019
• Study Start: April 15, 2019
• Primary Completion: May 15, 2019
• Study Completion: June 1, 2019
• Last Updated: April 2, 2019

Record last verified: 2019-03