Clinical trial NCT04568577: Effects of the Elastic Taping on the Chronic Ankle Instability
Official title: Effects of the Elastic Taping on the Chronic Ankle Instability: a Clinical Trial
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Ankle Sprains
Chronic Ankle Instability
Athletes Foot
Keywords: Athletic Tape
Ankle Sprains
Chronic Ankle Instability
Lead sponsor: Universidade Norte do Paraná
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2020-09-29
Enrollment: 27
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 45
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: This study will analyze the effects of an elastic taping application protocol in individuals with chronic ankle instability. One group will perform a protocol with increased tape tension for five weeks while the other group will receive the same tape without tension during the same period.

Detailed description: Elastic taping is a method widely used in clinical practice for the treatment of ankle instability and shows increasing interest in research to verify its effectiveness. The literature presents several studies with short-term effects, largely in healthy individuals and with several application techniques, with the incremental tensioning of the proposed tape subjectively.

The literature presents several studies with short-term effects, largely in healthy individuals and with several application techniques, with the incremental tensioning of the proposed tape subjectively.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* young adults with chronic ankle instability (unilateral or bilateral);
* the first sprain episode occurred for at least 1 year pre-study associated with inflammatory symptoms (pain, edema, etc.);
* having discontinued for at least 1 day physical activity;
* the most recent sprain occurred more than 3 months prior study;
* self-reported instability feeling to be confirmed by specific questionnaires.

Exclusion Criteria:

* lower limb surgical procedure;
* lower limb fracture history;
* acute injury (last 3 months) of other lower limb joints resulting in at least 1 day in the interruption of physical activity;
* wounds in the ankle region or foot;
* own skin disease;
* have allergy to bandage;
* be in physiotherapeutic treatment.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Functionality
timeFrame: The evaluation will occur at week 1 (baseline) and at the end of the protocol (week 6)
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Balance
timeFrame: The evaluation will occur at week 1 (baseline) and at the end of the protocol (week 6)
measure: Self-reported instability
timeFrame: The evaluation will occur at week 1 (baseline) and at the end of the protocol (week 6)
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Londrina
country: Brazil
facility: Gustavo Felipe Marques de Oliveira
state: Parana
Study officials:
affiliation: Universidade Norte do Paraná
name: Gustavo FM Oliveira, researcher
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Miklovic TM, Donovan L, Protzuk OA, Kang MS, Feger MA. Acute lateral ankle sprain to chronic ankle instability: a pathway of dysfunction. Phys Sportsmed. 2018 Feb;46(1):116-122. doi: 10.1080/00913847.2018.1409604. Epub 2017 Nov 29.
citation: Delahunt E, Remus A. Risk Factors for Lateral Ankle Sprains and Chronic Ankle Instability. J Athl Train. 2019 Jun;54(6):611-616. doi: 10.4085/1062-6050-44-18. Epub 2019 Jun 4.