Muscle Strength Assessment in Patients With Chronic Ankle Instability (KNEE-CAI)

Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli

Status: Completed

Conditions: Chronic Ankle Instability

Treatments: Other: Chronic ankle instability

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05273177

PG. 0002018_2021

Details and patient eligibility

About

Patients with chronic ankle instability (CAI) show biomechanical and neuromuscular alterations during the performance of functional movements not only at the ankle joint level, but also in more proximal joints and segments. Few studies have been conducted to investigate the effects of chronic ankle instability on neuromuscular control at the knee joint level. The aim of this study is to investigate whenther abnormalities exists in maximal and sub-maximal isometric muscle strength expression in patients with CAI.

Enrollment: 30 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 40 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• age between 18 and 40 years
• chronic ankle instability
• physically active individuals

Exclusion criteria

• sedentary behaviour
• previous injuries or surgeries to the lower limbs
• neurological disorders

Trial design

30 participants in 2 patient groups

CAI group

Treatment:

Other: Chronic ankle instability

Control group