Recruiting

Joint Mobilizations

Sponsor:

University of Virginia

Code:

NCT01117909

Conditions

Ankle Sprain

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 50

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Mobilization therapy in addition to standard therapy

Sham intervention

Study Details

Brief summary:

The goal is to determine if standard therapy including joint mobilizations of the ankle performed 3 times per week for 2 weeks will increase self-reported function and decrease pain in patients with mild lateral ankle sprains.

Conditions

Ankle Sprain

Study ID

NCT01117909

Start date

Apr, 2010

Status verified date

May, 2011

Completion date

Dec, 2011

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Dec, 2011

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 50

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Incomplete tear of lateral ligaments with mild laxity as measured by anterior drawer test and talar tilt
  • Slight reduction in function
  • Anterolateral ankle tenderness
  • Dorsiflexion ROM asymmetry greater than 5° compared to uninvolved limb
  • Posterior talar glide restriction greater than 5° compared to uninvolved limb; or
  • Posterior talar glide less than 19°, which is one standard deviation (7°) from our previously established normative values (26°)9, 10
  • Suffered from grade 1 or 2 lateral ankle sprain within the last 48hr - 8 days

Exclusion Criteria:

  • A history of ankle surgery that involves intra-articular fixation,
  • Syndesmotic ankle sprain (to be ruled out based on clinical examination),
  • History or signs of reflex sympathetic dystrophy,
  • Have received manual therapy for the ankle sprain prior to enrollment
  • Grade III ankle sprain.

Study Design

Enrollment

60 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

sham comparator: "Laying of hands" plus standard therapy

Subjects will lie on their back as if they were receiving the joint mobilization treatment and the therapist will place their hands in a position as if to perform the mobilization but no movement will occur. Standard therapy will consist of ankle strengthening exercises with elastic bands, balance, active ROM, and 20 minutes of ice bag application, elevation and compression

experimental: Standard therapy with joint mobilization

This group will receive three 60-second bouts of posterior joint mobilizations applied to the ankle joint during each treatment session, in addition to standard therapy. Standard therapy will consist of ankle strengthening exercises with elastic bands, balance, active ROM, and 20 minutes of ice bag application, elevation and compression

Interventions

Mobilization therapy in addition to standard therapy

Subject will receive three 60-second bouts of posterior joint mobilizations applied to the ankle joint during each treatment session. Standard therapy will consist of ankle strengthening exercises with elastic bands, balance, active ROM, and 20 minutes of ice bag application, elevation and compression.

Sham intervention

Physical therapist will lay hands as if to perform the joint mobilization but no movement will occur.

Primary outcome measure

  • Change in self-reported function [ Time Frame: Baseline and four weeks ]
  • Change in self-reported pain [ Time Frame: Baseline and 4 weeks ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Locations

University of Virginia

Recruiting

Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, 22908

Contacts

Terry Grindstaff, PhD, DPT

434-243-2430tlg6q@virginia.edu

Nicole Cosby, MS, ATC

434-924-6184nlb4v@virginia.edu

More Information

Sponsor

University of Virginia

Last update posted

May 30, 2011

Last verified

May, 2011

Keywords

  • ankle sprain
  • athletic injury
  • arthritis

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by University of Virginia on 2011-05-30.