Cryo-ultrasound Versus LASER Therapy on Ankle Sprain in Tennis Players

October 6 University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Ankle (Ligaments); Instability (Old Injury)

Treatments: Device: LASER therapy; Device: group A will receive cryo-ultrasound therapy combined with conventional physical therapy for two months

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06766318

REC/012/005532

Details and patient eligibility

About

the effect cryo-ultrasound therapy and LASER therapy on the short-term recovery of tennis players with acute lateral ankle sprains.

Full description

Acute lateral ankle sprains are common injuries among athletes, but the optimal treatment strategies in elite athletes are still debated. This proof-of-concept study aimed to assess the impact of cryo-ultrasound therapy and LASER therapy on the short-term recovery of tennis players with acute lateral ankle sprains.

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 12 to 16 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age ranged from 12-16 years.
• elite girls;
• semi-professional tennis players;
• I-II grade lateral ankle sprain injury;
• no persistent instability phenomena or chronic sprains;
• acute injury (within 2 weeks from trauma);
• no evidence of bone edema or skin disorder, once the area of intense pain in motion was delimited, the lack of neurological disturbances was investigated and assessed.

Exclusion criteria

• history of recurrent dislocation of the ankle or hyperlaxity of any joint;
• severe rheumatic diseases and/or collagen diseases;
• athletes who have received any form of local physical therapy and NSAIDs within the last 2 months prior to injury;
• athletes who admit to using steroids;
• any contraindication and/or limitation to the use of a physical agent modality (implantable electrophysiological devices, active neoplasms). Taking medications.
• Athletic adult.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Factorial Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

cryo-ultrasound group (n = 20): received cryo-ultrasound therapy

Experimental group

Description:

received cryo-ultrasound therapy combined with conventional physical therapy

Treatment:

Device: group A will receive cryo-ultrasound therapy combined with conventional physical therapy for two months

Laser group

Experimental group

Description:

receive LASER therapy combined with conventional physical therapy

Treatment:

Device: LASER therapy