NCT05250739

Neuromuscular Training vs Strength Training

Effect of Neuromuscular Training vs Strength Training in Chronic Ankle Instability

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 67 (actual)
• Sponsor: DAVID CRUZ DÍAZ · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Chronic ankle instability is a complex condition. Limited mobility, perceived instability, and recurrent ankle sprains are common characteristics that reduce the quality of life in subjects who suffer chronic ankle instability. Neuromuscular training and strength training has been recommended in chronic ankle instability management interventions. However, there are contradictory findings on results when comparing neuromuscular training, strength training, and control group.

Detailed description

Participants were randomly assigned to the neuromuscular training group, strength training group, and control group with no intervention if participants met the inclusion criteria. Neuromuscular training group. It consisted of a multi-station training with 6 exercises, increasing the difficulty progressively as the participants controlled the execution. The exercises were all performed barefoot and with the injured foot. These were a combination of standing and jumping exercises involving the injured ankle. A strength training group was performed with resistance bands. The band was fastened to the unaffected ankle, while the participant was told to perform front and back pulls, as well as adduction and abduction movements with the affected ankle. Participants were told to control the ankle movement and to make it slow. Control group received no intervention.

Conditions

• Ankle Injuries

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Strength training	Strength training was performed with resistance bands. The band was fastened to the unaffected ankle, while the participant was told to perform front and back pulls, as well as adduction and abduction movements with the affected ankle. They were told to control the ankle movement and to make it slow. Since the first day, they were told to perform the exercise pulling the band as if they wanted to make the resistance of 5 on a scale from 0 to 10.
OTHER	Neuromuscular training	consisted in a multi-station training with 6 exercises, increasing the difficulty progressively as the participants controlled the execution. The exercises were all performed barefoot and with the injured foot. These were a combination of standing and jumping exercises involving the injured ankle. The participants did not start the next progression until they perform a complete circuit in the level before.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-03-01
• Primary completion: 2021-10-01
• Completion: 2021-11-10
• First posted: 2022-02-22
• Last updated: 2022-03-10

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain