Return to Physical Activity Following Injury: Towards Understanding a More Accessible Solution for Shorter Recovery Time.

Cairo University (CU)

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Cryotherapy

Treatments: Other: Cryotherapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03899714

Cryotherapy and Balance

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of cryotherapy application on hip adductors and ankle evertors on the Overall Stability Index (OSI), the Medio-Lateral Stability Index (MLSI), and the Antero-Posterior Stability Index (APSI) in healthy adult females.

Full description

Cryotherapy is one of the most common and inexpensive forms of treatment for both acute and chronic injuries. Yet, there is a deficiency in research concerning the impact of cooling on balance in healthy females

Enrollment: 30 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 30 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• healthy females will participate in this study. All participants should have unrestricted ankle and hip joints range of motion as well as ankle and hip muscles strength grade four to five (using manual muscle testing).

Exclusion criteria

• Participants will be excluded from the study if they had any previous history of hip or ankle joint neuromuscular or musculoskeletal injury or surgery, any pathology to the hip or ankle joints (i.e. abnormal ligament laxity and congenital deformities), any problems related to balance and stability.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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30 participants in 2 patient groups

Ankle evertors

Active Comparator group

Description:

Ice packs will be applied to the selected muscles according to the random selection that will be performed previously. The ice bags will be filled with crushed ice, weighing approximately one half of a kilogram. They will be wrapped in a thin cotton towel, and applied on the skin along the anatomical location of the tested muscles. For the ankle evertors, the ice bag will be applied to the lateral side of the ankle encompassing the lateral malleolus.The cryotherapy session will be lasted for exactly 20 minutes . Sessions will be separated by a 30-minute rest interval

Treatment:

Other: Cryotherapy

Hip adductors

Active Comparator group

Description:

Ice packs will be applied to the selected muscles according to the random selection that will be performed previously. The ice bags will be filled with crushed ice, weighing approximately one half of a kilogram. They will be wrapped in a thin cotton towel, and applied on the skin along the anatomical location of the tested muscles. For the hip adductors, the ice bag will be applied to the medial side of the thigh, covering the entire area from the groin, to just above the knee joint. The cryotherapy session will be lasted for exactly 20 minutes . Sessions will be separated by a 30-minute rest interval

Treatment:

Other: Cryotherapy