Effect of Kinesiotaping on Lower Limb Kinematics and Functional Related Outcomes Among Female Athletes With Chronic Lateral Ankle Instability

NCT07054788 | Not Yet Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: Mahmoud-005551
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 50
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The current study aims to measure the effect of adding kinesiology tape to ankle mobilization with movement with calf muscles flexibility exercise on dorsiflexion range of motion, dynamic balance, lower limb kinematics, and self-reported physical function versus mobilization with movement, calf muscles flexibility exercise, and placebo kinesiotapping in female basketball players with unilateral chronic lateral ankle instability

Conditions

Kinesiotapping; Kinematics; Athletes Foot; Chronic Ankle Instability

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Assessment of change of Dorsiflexion range of motion

  The weight-bearing lunge test is a controlled exercise that involves standing upright facing a vertical wall with a measuring tape and a tape affixed to the wall. Participants lunge forward, flexing at the ankle, knee, and hip on the test leg to make contact with the wall. After a successful attempt, the foot is moved backward in 1 cm increments. The distance between the heel and the wall and the anterosuperior edge of the patella is recorded to the nearest 0.1 cm. Ankle dorsiflexion angle is calculated using the trigonometric function.

  at baseline and after 2 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• assessment of change of dynamic balance

  at baseline and after 2 weeks

• assessment of change of single-leg squat performance

  at baseline and after 2 weeks

• assessment of change of ankle physical function

  at baseline and after 2 weeks

Study Arms (2)

Exercise therapy with Kinesiology tape

EXPERIMENTAL

This group involves fifty-five participants and will receive kinesiology tape with mobilization with movement and calf muscle flexibility exercises. 3 sessions per week for 2 weeks.

Other: Flexibility Exercise; Other: Mulligan mobilization with movement; Other: Kinesiology Taping

Exercise therapy with placebo tap

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

This group involves fifty-five participants and will receive mobilization with movement and calf muscle flexibility exercises and placebo tape. 3 sessions per week for 2 weeks.

Other: Flexibility Exercise; Other: Mulligan mobilization with movement; Other: Placebo tape

Interventions

Flexibility Exercise OTHER

Participants will perform calf muscle stretching exercises. The participant will be asked to keep the knee of the stretched leg straight with the heel flat on the ground, slightly bend the front knee, and push the hips toward a wall. The exercise will be done in 2 sets of 3 repetitions, every repetition for 30 seconds and a ten-second rest, with a one-minute rest between sets

Exercise therapy with Kinesiology tape; Exercise therapy with placebo tap

Mulligan mobilization with movement OTHER

The Mulligan mobilization techniques involve talar glide and fibular glide. Talar glide involves manually stabilizing the patient's talus and leg with anteroposterior direction pressure, while fibular glide involves a pain-free sustained anterior to posterior, slightly superior, and lateral glide of the distal fibula. The patient is then asked to plantar-flex, invert the foot, and perform overpressure. The technique is performed during ankle dorsiflexion in a closed kinetic chain.

Exercise therapy with Kinesiology tape; Exercise therapy with placebo tap

Kinesiology Taping OTHER

The length of tape is calculated using a formula: B = A + (XA ∗ 0.35), where "A" is the tape's length, "X" is the pretension, "0.35" is the 35% tension, and "B" is the muscle's length from origin to insertion. In this study, 50% pretension was used, and "A" was added to the tails. Fibular taping is applied immediately after the MWM to improve positional alignment, wrapping around the distal tibia and applying Mueller tape in the same direction. Talar taping involves wrapping Mueller tape from the talus downward and posterior to the calcaneus while holding the ankle in slight dorsiflexion.

Exercise therapy with Kinesiology tape

Placebo tape OTHER

The formula for cutting tape length is B = A + (XA ∗ 0.35), where "A" represents the tape's length, "X" is the pretension, "0.35" is the 35% tension, and "B" is the muscle's length from origin to insertion. In this study, 50% pretension was used, and "A" was added to the tails' length. The tape application involves two steps: from below the medial calcaneus to the medial aspect of the lower leg, and from below the lateral malleolus to the lateral aspect.

Exercise therapy with placebo tap

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 24 Years
• Gender Eligibility Details: * fifty female athletes from will be recruited from the Faculty of Physical education for females, Helwan University. * Aged 18-24 years. * has a history of unilateral ankle inversion injury since at least one year before the study onset
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Aged 18-24 years.
• chronic ankle instability group has a history of unilateral ankle inversion injury since at least one year before the study onset
• A period of restricted weight-bearing and/or immobilization for at least one day
• The patient reported a tendency to give way during functional activities
• Positive anterior drawer test and/or talar tilt test
• At least 2 giving-way episodes within 6 months before the study enrollment and/or recurrent ankle sprain
• Score of 24 on the Cumberland ankle instability tool

You may not qualify if:

• Acute ankle injuries within the past 3 months.
• Any other lower extremity injuries or surgeries that could affect balance or ankle function.
• Participation in either formal or informal rehabilitation before enrollment in the study
• Skin allergy from kinesiotaping.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Cairo University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Faculty of Physical education for females, Helwan university

Helwan, Egypt

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Tinea Pedis

Interventions

Movement

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Tinea; Dermatomycoses; Mycoses; Bacterial Infections and Mycoses; Infections; Skin Diseases, Infectious; Foot Dermatoses; Foot Diseases; Skin Diseases; Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases; Pruritus; Skin Manifestations; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Physiological Phenomena; Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena; Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena

Central Study Contacts

Mahmoud Abd Elaziz Abdelmoneim, physical therapist

CONTACT

01021247473; Mahmoudelnakeeb84@gmail.com

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: DOUBLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: principal investigator

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 28, 2025
• First Posted: July 8, 2025
• Study Start: June 30, 2025
• Primary Completion: September 1, 2025
• Study Completion: October 1, 2025
• Last Updated: July 8, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-06

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

EG (1)