Balance Training With Stroboscopic Vision

University of Jaén

Status: Completed

Conditions: Proprioceptive Disorders; Ankle Inversion Sprain

Treatments: Other: Stroboscopic glasses; Other: Neuromuscular training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04210518

UJASB

Details and patient eligibility

About

Balance training with stroboscopic vision in patients with chronic ankle instability.

Full description

This study was a single-blinded randomized controlled trial with two intervention groups consisted in multimodal balance training, multimodal balance training in addition to stroboscopic glasses and control group who received no intervention.

Enrollment: 75 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 60 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• a previous episode of ankle sprain in at least 6 months before the beginning of the study
• a score of 25 or less in the Cumberland Ankle Instability Tool
• no history of others musculoskeletal injuries in the lower limbs

Exclusion criteria

• an acute ankle sprain within the last six weeks
• Recent lower limb surgery

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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75 participants in 3 patient groups

Neuromuscular training

Experimental group

Description:

Neuromuscular training consisting of: * Single limb balance task. * Balance training on an unstable surface. * Hop drills.

Treatment:

Other: Neuromuscular training

Stroboscopic glasses group

Experimental group

Description:

This group performed the same neuromuscular training with the addition of stroboscopic glasses during the training performance. * Single limb balance task. * Balance training on unstable surfaces. * Hop drills.

Treatment:

Other: Stroboscopic glasses

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

This group received no intervention