Effects of Improvement of the Ankle Joint Range on Balance in the Elderly. (ANKLE_ROM)

University of Valencia

Status: Completed

Conditions: Aging Problems

Treatments: Procedure: Manual Therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03743857

DHG03

Details and patient eligibility

About

The effects of aging on the ankle joint will contribute negatively to balance in the elderly. Manual therapy is a technique that is usually used to treat ankle arthrokinematics, although there is little literature on this population. This study seeks to investigate the effects that a mobilization on the ankle will produce in order to improve its joint range and if the balance of the older adult improves after the intervention.

Enrollment: 38 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 60+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 60 years or more

Exclusion criteria

• Do not sign the consent
• No acute pathology (3 months)
• Vestibular pathology
• CNS disease

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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38 participants in 2 patient groups

Manual Therapy

Experimental group

Description:

6 sessions of ankle manual therapy

Treatment:

Procedure: Manual Therapy

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

No intervention