Comparing VR and Balance Exercises In Rehabilitation of Adolescent Athletes

March 5, 2021 updated by: Nehad Ahmed Youness Abo-zaid, South Valley University

Virtual Reality Versus Biodex Balance Training In Adolescent Athletes With Chronic Ankle Instability.

Ankle sprains are common injuries in active young people. Most of these injuries recovery quickly on their own, do not require imaging, and do better with early motion and rehabilitation. High ankle sprains and fractures are much less common but more serious. They may require imaging and more treatment.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Phases of rehabilitation for ankle sprain Phase I treatment involves resting and protecting the ankle to permit healing, to prevent further injury, and to control pain and swelling.

Phase II treatment begins once pain and swelling have subsided to the point where the athlete can comfortably bear weight and walk from place to place.

Virtual reality (VR) is a simulated experience that can be similar to or completely different from the real world. Applications of virtual reality can include entertainment (i.e. video games) and educational purposes (i.e. medical or military training). Other, distinct types of VR style technology include augmented reality and mixed reality.

Biodex Balance Training is one of the main tool that used to assess dynamic balance and dynamic limits of stability also it can used as training tool to improve the participant balance training

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

90

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

      • Assiut, Egypt
        • Nehad Ahmed Youness

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

13 years to 16 years (CHILD)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

Male

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Children will have sustained lateral ankle sprain (grade II).
  2. Their age was ranging from 13-16 years
  3. All children with stable medical and psychological status.
  4. They will able to follow the verbal commands or instructions during testing.

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Children with ankle or foot deformity
  2. Unstable medical and psychological status.
  3. Children not able to follow the verbal commands or instructions during testing
  4. Children with any disorder affecting balance.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: TREATMENT
  • Allocation: RANDOMIZED
  • Interventional Model: PARALLEL
  • Masking: SINGLE

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
EXPERIMENTAL: the control group
the control group Group 1 the control group received selected physical therapy program which contain strengthening exercises for upper limb and lower limb muscles, stretching exercises for elbow extensors, hand supinator, wrist extensors, knee extensors and ankle dorsiflexors, balancing exercises, coordination exercises and balance training exercises and gait training in open environment.
selected physical therapy program strengthening the muscles of upper and lower limbs, balancing exercise, gait training in open environment,stretching for elbow flexors and forearms pronators,lower limb hip flexors and knee extensor and ankle dorsiflexors
EXPERIMENTAL: the virtual reality group
Group 2 the study group received the same physical therapy program 30 min. plus virtual reality for 30 min
selected physical therapy program strengthening the muscles of upper and lower limbs, balancing exercise, gait training in open environment,stretching for elbow flexors and forearms pronators,lower limb hip flexors and knee extensor and ankle dorsiflexors
EXPERIMENTAL: the Biodex Balance Training group
Group 3 the study group received the same physical therapy program 30 min. plus virtual reality for 30 min
selected physical therapy program strengthening the muscles of upper and lower limbs, balancing exercise, gait training in open environment,stretching for elbow flexors and forearms pronators,lower limb hip flexors and knee extensor and ankle dorsiflexors

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
dynamic balance test
Time Frame: antro-posterior stability index at day 0
antro-posterior stability index
antro-posterior stability index at day 0
dynamic balance test
Time Frame: antro-posterior stability index at day 90
antro-posterior stability index
antro-posterior stability index at day 90
dynamic balance test
Time Frame: medio-lateral stability index at day 0
medio-lateral stability index
medio-lateral stability index at day 0
dynamic balance test
Time Frame: medio-lateral stability index at day 90
medio-lateral stability index
medio-lateral stability index at day 90
dynamic balance test
Time Frame: overall stability index at day 0
overall stability index
overall stability index at day 0
dynamic balance test
Time Frame: overall stability index at day 90
overall stability index
overall stability index at day 90

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Nehad A Abo-zaid, South Valley University, Faculty of Physical Therapy

Publications and helpful links

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Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (ACTUAL)

August 1, 2018

Primary Completion (ACTUAL)

August 1, 2020

Study Completion (ACTUAL)

October 1, 2020

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

October 6, 2020

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 15, 2020

First Posted (ACTUAL)

October 19, 2020

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (ACTUAL)

March 9, 2021

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 5, 2021

Last Verified

March 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • P.T.REC/012/002877

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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