NCT04568577

Effects of the Elastic Taping on the Chronic Ankle Instability

Effects of the Elastic Taping on the Chronic Ankle Instability: a Clinical Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 27 (actual)
• Sponsor: Universidade Norte do Paraná · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 45 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study will analyze the effects of an elastic taping application protocol in individuals with chronic ankle instability. One group will perform a protocol with increased tape tension for five weeks while the other group will receive the same tape without tension during the same period.

Detailed description

Elastic taping is a method widely used in clinical practice for the treatment of ankle instability and shows increasing interest in research to verify its effectiveness. The literature presents several studies with short-term effects, largely in healthy individuals and with several application techniques, with the incremental tensioning of the proposed tape subjectively. The literature presents several studies with short-term effects, largely in healthy individuals and with several application techniques, with the incremental tensioning of the proposed tape subjectively.

Conditions

• Ankle Sprains
• Chronic Ankle Instability
• Athletes Foot

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Tape with tension	The elastic bandage will be applied with a voltage increase controlled weekly, for five weeks. Each week, 5% of tension will be added to the application. In the first week the application will be tension-free.
OTHER	Tape without tension	Bandaging applications will be weekly, for five weeks, without tensioning the tape.

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-04-01
• Primary completion: 2019-06-24
• Completion: 2019-08-26
• First posted: 2020-09-29
• Last updated: 2020-09-29

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Brazil