Efficacy of Tecar Device With Exercises in Ankle Sprain (TECAR)

April 10, 2026 updated by: Asmaa Morsy Elsayed Ali Morsy, Cairo University

Effect of Tecar Therapy During Active Exercises on Dynamic Balance in Acute Ankle Sprain

The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the effect of applying TECAR therapy during active therapeutic exercises on pain, ankle dynamic balance, proprioception, and daily function in patients with acute ankle sprain.

the main questions it aims to answer are:

  • Does there is a significant effect of applying TECAR therapy during active exercise after acute lateral ankle sprain on Pain?
  • Does there is a significant effect of applying TECAR therapy during active exercise after acute lateral ankle sprain on balance?
  • Does there is a significant effect of applying TECAR therapy during active exercise after acute lateral ankle sprain on proprioception?
  • Does there is a significant effect of applying TECAR therapy during active exercise after acute lateral ankle sprain on daily function? The patients will be randomly divided into two groups. The control group (A) will receive the conventional therapy which is ankle and subtalar ROM in a pain-free range, calf muscle stretch, ankle strengthening exercises against resistance bands in all directions, weight-bearing exercise, forward lunges, bilateral and unilateral squats, bilateral and unilateral heel raises against bodyweight resistance, and balance training. The experiment group (B) will receive conventional therapy with TECAR therapy application during active therapeutic exercises.

Treatment will be for 4 weeks with 2 sessions per week. TECAR application will be 20 mins per session (10 mins capacitive and 10 mins resistive).

To the best of the researchers' knowledge, no study has proved the effects of applying TECAR therapy during active therapeutic exercises after an acute lateral ankle sprain has yet been done. Thus, the purpose of the present study was to prove if there an effect of applying TECAR therapy during active therapeutic exercises included in the conventional physiotherapy (PRICE with therapeutic exercises) and conventional physiotherapy alone on pain, ankle dynamic balance, proprioception, and daily function in subjects with an acute lateral ankle sprain.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

42

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

  • Egypt
    • Alexandria Governorate
      • Alexandria, Alexandria Governorate, Egypt
        • Andalusia hospital in Alexandria

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

  • Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Gender will be male and female.
  • Age from 20-40 years old.
  • Grade | and || lateral ankle sprain.
  • Patients who will be diagnosed and referred by orthopedic surgeon.
  • acute stage of lateral ankle sprain.
  • BMI ≤ 30.
  • Positive confirming tests.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Ankle fractures such as talus bone fracture, tibia fracture, ankle dislocation.
  • Unwilling to continue treatment.
  • Contraindications to use TECAR therapy, such as pregnancy, the presence of malignant tissue, tumors, in the ankle, and electrical devices implanted in the body.
  • Grade ||| ankle sprain.
  • Systematic diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis.
  • Recently received intra-steroid injection
  • Pain exacerbation during the intervention.

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: Factorial Assignment
  • Masking: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: TECAR therapy group
traditional therapeutic exercises for ankle sprain and TECAR therapy application during exercises .
Device: TECAR therapy
TECAR application will be 20 mins per session (10 mins capacitive and 10 mins resistive) during ankle and subtalar ROM in a pain-free range, calf muscle stretch, ankle strengthening exercises against resistance bands in all directions, weight-bearing exercise, forward lunges, bilateral and unilateral squats, bilateral and unilateral heel raises against bodyweight resistance, and balance training.
Active Comparator: Conventional therapy group
traditional therapeutic exercises for ankle sprain
Other: therapeutic exercises
the conventional therapy which is ankle and subtalar ROM in a pain-free range, calf muscle stretch, ankle strengthening exercises against resistance bands in all directions, weight-bearing exercise, forward lunges, bilateral and unilateral squats, bilateral and unilateral heel raises against bodyweight resistance, and balance training.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
2.pain
Time Frame: from enrollment to the end of treatment at 4 weeks.
using Numerical pain rating scale (NPRS)
from enrollment to the end of treatment at 4 weeks.
1.ankle dynamic balance.
Time Frame: from enrollment to the end of treatment at 4 weeks.
using Y-Balance Test (YBT)
from enrollment to the end of treatment at 4 weeks.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
3. proprioception
Time Frame: from enrollment to the end of treatment at 4 weeks.
using digital inclinometer
from enrollment to the end of treatment at 4 weeks.
4. Daily Function
Time Frame: from enrollment to the end of treatment at 4 weeks.
Using FAAM questionnaire
from enrollment to the end of treatment at 4 weeks.

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Cairo University

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

December 15, 2024

Primary Completion (Actual)

May 30, 2025

Study Completion (Actual)

July 30, 2025

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

April 2, 2025

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 11, 2025

First Posted (Actual)

April 18, 2025

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

April 15, 2026

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 10, 2026

Last Verified

April 1, 2026

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • P.T.REC/012/005596

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

UNDECIDED

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.

No

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