Clinical trial NCT04592900: Comparing VR and Balance Exercises In Rehabilitation of Adolescent Athletes
Official title: Virtual Reality Versus Biodex Balance Training In Adolescent Athletes With Chronic Ankle Instability.
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Sport Injury
Keywords: BalanceTraining,
Virtual Reality,
Ankle Instability.
Lead sponsor: South Valley University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2020-10-19
Enrollment: 90
Sex: MALE
Minimum age (years): 13
Maximum age (years): 16
Standard ages: CHILD
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: G 1 (control) received traditional physical therapy program for 60 min. G 2(study) received traditional physical therapy program for 30 min. and virtual reality for 30 min. G 3 (study) received traditional physical therapy program for 30 min. and Biodex Balance Training all groups treated for four successive months.
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: Ankle sprains are common injuries in active young people. Most of these injuries recovery quickly on their own, do not require imaging, and do better with early motion and rehabilitation. High ankle sprains and fractures are much less common but more serious. They may require imaging and more treatment.

Detailed description: Phases of rehabilitation for ankle sprain Phase I treatment involves resting and protecting the ankle to permit healing, to prevent further injury, and to control pain and swelling.

Phase II treatment begins once pain and swelling have subsided to the point where the athlete can comfortably bear weight and walk from place to place.

Virtual reality (VR) is a simulated experience that can be similar to or completely different from the real world. Applications of virtual reality can include entertainment (i.e. video games) and educational purposes (i.e. medical or military training). Other, distinct types of VR style technology include augmented reality and mixed reality.

Biodex Balance Training is one of the main tool that used to assess dynamic balance and dynamic limits of stability also it can used as training tool to improve the participant balance training

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

1. Children will have sustained lateral ankle sprain (grade II).
2. Their age was ranging from 13-16 years
3. All children with stable medical and psychological status.
4. They will able to follow the verbal commands or instructions during testing.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Children with ankle or foot deformity
2. Unstable medical and psychological status.
3. Children not able to follow the verbal commands or instructions during testing
4. Children with any disorder affecting balance.

Primary outcomes:
measure: dynamic balance test
timeFrame: antro-posterior stability index at day 0
measure: dynamic balance test
timeFrame: antro-posterior stability index at day 90
measure: dynamic balance test
timeFrame: medio-lateral stability index at day 0
measure: dynamic balance test
timeFrame: medio-lateral stability index at day 90
measure: dynamic balance test
timeFrame: overall stability index at day 0
measure: dynamic balance test
timeFrame: overall stability index at day 90
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Assiut
country: Egypt
facility: Nehad Ahmed Youness
Study officials:
affiliation: South Valley University, Faculty of Physical Therapy
name: Nehad A Abo-zaid
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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