NCT01157663

The Effect of Balance Training in People With Functional Ankle Instability (FAI)

The Effect of Balance Training in People With Functional Ankle Instability

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (actual)
• Sponsor: University Ghent · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Ankle sprain is the most occurring sport related injury. In addition, 40% of the people who sustain such an injury display residual symptoms under the general denominator functional ankle instability (FAI). In literature, there is already given a lot of attention to extrinsic and intrinsic risk factors of FAI. Furthermore, there is a major focus on the possible interventions which may be able to reduce the chance of developing chronic instability. At this moment there is a lack of unequivocality. In this study the investigators address the question of what is the effect of a balance training programme on the movement strategy. Therefore kinematics, kinetics, plantar pressure measurements and muscle activity are taken in consideration The purpose of this study is a better insight in the effect of treatment on the residual symptoms related to FAI.

Conditions

• Functional Ankle Instability

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Adapted balance training	during 8 weeks
OTHER	Balance Training	Balance training with unipedal standing during 8 weeks

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-12-01
• Primary completion: 2011-05-01
• Completion: 2013-12-01
• First posted: 2010-07-07
• Last updated: 2014-12-05

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Belgium