Effects of the Elastic Taping on the Chronic Ankle Instability

Universidade Norte do Paraná

Status: Completed

Conditions: Athletes Foot; Chronic Ankle Instability; Ankle Sprains

Treatments: Other: Tape without tension; Other: Tape with tension

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04568577

3.059.113

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Full 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.

Enrollment: 27 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 45 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

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.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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27 participants in 2 patient groups

tensioned tape

Experimental group

Description:

The tensioned tape group will apply weekly with gradual tension calculated by measuring the initial length of the tape. From the first week of application, there will be a 5% increase in tension up to the fifth week.

Treatment:

Other: Tape with tension

tape without tension

Active Comparator group

Description:

The tensionless tape group will receive the application of the tape weekly without tensioning during the five weeks.

Treatment:

Other: Tape without tension