The Effect of Ankle Taping and Balance Exercises on Postural Stability

The Effect of Ankle Taping and Balance Exercises on Postural Stability Indices in Healthy Women

Both taping and balance exercises have effects on dynamic balance, so this study compared ankle taping and balance exercise on postural stability indices in healthy women. we hypothesized that both balance exercise and taping would increase stability indices but the effects of balance exercise was more greater than taping.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Proprioceptive Disorders; Disturbance; Balance, Labyrinth
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Balance exercise and ankle taping

Detailed Description

The ability to control the body in the space is a complex interaction between musculoskeletal and neural systems. This set is called postural control system. Postural control involves the control of body position in space for the dual purposes of postural stability and postural orientation. Balance process is divided into four-stage by Sullivan and Markos: mobility, stability, controlled mobility, and skill. Several types of exercise have been proposed to improve proprioception. Bout and Gahery stated that balance exercises improve neuromuscular relations and reduces the proprioception errors. They believe that those who have more proprioception difficulty may benefit more from exercise therapy.Taping is another technique to enhance proprioception. Improvement in proprioception leads to better function and reduction of disability. Kinesiotaping is being used to prevent injuries and to help curing the injury. It can also improve efficiency in sport, improve lymph and venous circulation, decrease edema, stimulate the mechanoreceptors and increase awareness of subject about the ankle position, reduces the pain and improves muscle performance

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 30
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Iran, Islamic Republic of
  • Sistan and Baluchestan
    • Zahedan, Sistan and Baluchestan, Iran, Islamic Republic of, 98167-43175
      • School of rehabilitaion Sciences

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 19 years to 22 years (Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: Female

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• having no pain in ankle joint, not having sport activity in the period of this study, healthy sensory motor function in lower limb, no history of neuromuscular disease, vertigo or any uncorrected visual problems, any kind of ankle injury or lower limb surgery, taking sedative medication, cardiovascular, neurologic, and pulmonary disease, balance problems, rheumatoid disease, psychological disease, body mass index between 17 to25.

Exclusion Criteria:

• ankle pain, allergy to tape, and not completing all interventional sessions.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: Double

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm

Intervention / Treatment

Experimental: Balance exrercise and ankle taping; Balance Exercises:Balance exercises for 6 weeks, 3 sessions per week and each session was 40 minutes for training group. Ankle taping: Ankle joint taping was performed for 6 weeks and was renewed three times a week.

Other: Balance exercise and ankle taping; Balance Exercises: The first group performed balance exercise which last for six weeks, 3 times a week, and 40 minutes each session. Each session started by several minutes of slow walking and progressive stretching of ankle, knee and hip muscles which was gradually increased in time and repetition. After that, balance exercises were performed. Ankle taping: In second group Ankle joint taping continued for 6 weeks and was renewed three times a week.; Other Names: Balance Exercises; Ankle taping

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Stability Index	Biodex Balance System: It is possible to quantify the neuromuscular control performance by evaluating subject's ability in single and double leg balance on a stable or unstable surface. This system can be used to do exercises in order to increase kinesthetic abilities and improve proprioception.	6 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
zone and quadrant	In balance testing which quadrant and zone are used by subjects.	6 weeks

Other Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
BMI	The height of the subjects measured by a meter with 1 cm accuracy and a digital weighting scale used for measuring subjects	6 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Zahedan University of Medical Sciences

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Lentell G, Baas B, Lopez D, McGuire L, Sarrels M, Snyder P. The contributions of proprioceptive deficits, muscle function, and anatomic laxity to functional instability of the ankle. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther. 1995 Apr;21(4):206-15. doi: 10.2519/jospt.1995.21.4.206.

Helpful Links

• The Biodex Balance System SD has been designed to meet the needs of everyone looking to improve balance, increase agility, develop muscle tone and treat a wide variety of pathologies.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: February 1, 2011
• Primary Completion (Actual): October 1, 2011
• Study Completion (Actual): December 1, 2011

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: November 10, 2012
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 15, 2012
• First Posted (Estimate): November 21, 2012

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimate): November 22, 2012
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 21, 2012
• Last Verified: November 1, 2012

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Taping; Ankle; Postural stability; Biodex; Balance exercise
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Nervous System Diseases; Neurologic Manifestations; Sensation Disorders; Somatosensory Disorders
• Other Study ID Numbers: 90-2339