Blood Flow Restriction and Proprioception Training on Ankle Joint Sensations
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: conventional physical therapy, Low load blood flow restriction, proprioception training.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Lateral Ankle Sprain. Basic parameters: 20 years — 30 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Center list to be confirmed — check the primary protocol.
- Next step
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Official title
Effect of Adding Blood Flow Restriction and Proprioception Training to Traditional Rehabilitation on Ankle Joint Sensations
Overview
Thirty-four participants with grade I and II recurrent ankle sprain, were referred from orthopaedic physician. Their ages ranged from 20 to 30 years old. All participants will be divided randomly into two groups A, B. Seventeen participants per group. Participant selected from both sexes, with body mass index between 18 and 24.9 Kg/m², with self-reported history of at least one significant lateral ankle sprain (LAS) greater than 12 months prior to testing and recurring ankle sprains, ankle "giving way" and/or "feelings of instability". Participants with previous surgery or fracture and with any adverse effects to blood occlusion will be excluded.
Interventions
- Other conventional physical therapy
consist of Strengthening exercise: will begin with isometric exercises performed against an immovable object in four directions of ankle movement (dorsiflexion, planter flexion, inversion, and eversion) and will be progressed to dynamic resistive exercises (isotonic exercises) using ankle weights. and Bracing: The participants will receive instructions from the therapist about using and applying the soft brace. The soft brace will be based on the principles of the functional tape bandage - Other Low load blood flow restriction
Patients in blood flow restriction training groups will receive low load resistance exercise (20-40 % 1RM) using tourniquet around thigh proximally to knee joint to occlude arterial blood flow by 50-80 %. - Other proprioception training
Patients will receive proprioception exercises in duration of 30 minutes per session, frequencies will be 3 times per week, and lengths for 4 weeks (Matthew et al., 2017). Progression of the proprioceptive training should be static to dynamic (such as lateral movements, backward movements, jumping, cutting, twisting, pivoting), slow speeds to faster speeds with balance and control, two legs to one leg, and with visual control to no visual control.
Primary outcome measures
- peak torque of ankle muscles [Time frame: after three times weekly physiotherapy sessions for four consecutive weeks.]
- limits of stability [Time frame: after three times weekly physiotherapy sessions for four consecutive weeks.]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Participants will be selected from both sexes.
- Participants BMI will be between 18 and 24.9 (Kg/m²).
- Dominant or non-dominant lower limb .
- Grade I, and II recurrent ankle sprain patients .
- Participants self-reported a history of at least one significant lateral ankle sprain (LAS) greater than 12 months prior to testing, and recurring ankle sprains, ankle "giving way," and/or "feelings of instability."
- Participant will have unilateral recurrent ankle sprain
Exclusion criteria
- A history of previous surgeries to the musculoskeletal structures (ie, bones, joint structures, nerves) in either limb of the lower extremity.
- A history of a fracture in either limb of the lower extremity requiring realignment .
- Acute injury to musculoskeletal structures of other joints of the lower extremity in the previous 3 months, which impacted joint integrity and function (ie, sprains, fractures) resulting in interruption of desired physical activity .
- Hip joint or, Knee joint replacement .
- Patients possibly at risk of adverse reactions of blood flow restriction are those with poor circulatory system, obesity, diabetes, arterial calcification, sickle cell trait, severe hypertension, or renal compromise
- Any neurological conditions which affect proprioception such as polyneuropathy, multiple sclerosis, and sensory ataxia .
- Vestibular deficits, and vision problems .
- Pregnancy.
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Single blind
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
Study locations
Center list to be confirmed — check the primary protocol.
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07030634 · BFR and proprioception