Mulligan Ankle Taping on Volleyball Players

Istinye University

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Chronic Ankle Instability; Mulligan

Treatments: Other: Mulligan Manuel Therapy Consept

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05757375

10840098

Details and patient eligibility

About

34 volunteer professional volleyball players with (n=12) and without (n=22) CAI will include in the study. Mulligan ankle taping will apply. Measurements will take before and after the intervention. Muscle tone, stiffness, and elasticity will measure with MyotonPRO hand-held device. The static balance will measure with single leg stance test(SLST) while the eyes-closed, dynamic balance will measure with the Y balance test(YBT). Single leg hopping test(SLHT) will evaluate performance and an active position sense test will use for JPS. During the static and dynamic balance and performance tests, the ankle's confidence will be evaluated with the Visual Analog Scale (VAS). The study aimed to determine the effect of Mulligan fibular taping over the Tibialis Anterior(TA), Peroneus Longus(PL), Gastrocnemius Lateralis(GCL), and Medialis(GCM) muscles on muscle tone, stiffness, elasticity, as well as the performance, joint position sense(JPS), static and dynamic balance in female volleyball players with and without chronic ankle instability(CAI).

Enrollment: 34 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 15 to 24 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Being between the ages of 15-24,
• Being a professional volleyball player,
• Training for 90 minutes at least 3 days a week,
• Turkish native speakers,
• For participants with chronic ankle instability, those with a Foot and Ankle Disability Index score below 90% and a Foot and Ankle Disability Index-Sport survey score below 75% were included.

Exclusion criteria

• An ankle sprain history in the last 6 weeks,
• Having a previous history of fracture in the lower extremity,
• Having bilateral chronic ankle instability,
• Pregnant athletes were excluded from the study.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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34 participants in 2 patient groups

Volleyball players with Chronic Ankle Instability

Experimental group

Description:

Before the taping application, the application area of all athletes will be shaved. It will be cleaned with an alcohol wipe before the application so that situations such as sweat or moisture do not reduce the effect of the banding. For taping, while the athlete lies in a supine position on a portable stretcher, the leg weight will be taken by placing the athlete's foot on the abdomen with slight knee and hip flexion. The rigid tape will be measured and cut obliquely starting approximately 2 cm anterior to the fibula and approximately 1 cm anterior to the lateral malleolus and ending in the middle of the anterior tibia region. To increase the strength of the banding, another band will be added to it. In the application, only banding will be preferred and mobilization will not be done.

Treatment:

Other: Mulligan Manuel Therapy Consept

Volleybal players without Chronic Ankle Instability

Experimental group

Description:

Before the taping application, the application area of all athletes will be shaved. It will be cleaned with an alcohol wipe before the application so that situations such as sweat or moisture do not reduce the effect of the banding. For taping, while the athlete lies in a supine position on a portable stretcher, the leg weight will be taken by placing the athlete's foot on the abdomen with slight knee and hip flexion. The rigid tape will be measured and cut obliquely starting approximately 2 cm anterior to the fibula and approximately 1 cm anterior to the lateral malleolus and ending in the middle of the anterior tibia region. To increase the strength of the banding, another band will be added to it. In the application, only banding will be preferred and mobilization will not be done.

Treatment:

Other: Mulligan Manuel Therapy Consept