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Auditory Biofeedback Gait Training Individuals With Chronic Ankle Instability
Led by University of Kentucky · Updated on 2025-10-07
100
Participants Needed
2
Research Sites
170 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
The goal of this randomized clinical controlled trial is examine the effects of gait training with auditory biofeedback (AudFB) on gait biomechanics, clinical measures of ankle joint health, and patient-centered outcomes. The following specific aims will achieve this objective: * Specific Aim 1: Determine if a 6-week gait training with AudFB intervention improves lower extremity biomechanics compared to a Control condition in participants with CAI. * Specific Aim 2: Determine if a 6-week gait training with AudFB reduces talar cartilage deformation compared to a Control condition in participants with CAI. * Specific Aim 3: Determine if a 6-week gait training with AudFB reduces episodes of ankle giving-way and reduces self-perceived severity of symptoms relative to a Control condition in participants with CAI. Participants will: * Complete 12 intervention sessions over a 6-week period of walking, ruck marching, and runninig. * Complete testing sessions before and after the intervention, then after 6 and 12-months following the intervention.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Auditory Biofeedback Gait Training Individuals With Chronic Ankle Instability
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Physically active adults able to run for at least 20 consecutive minutes
- History of ankle sprain
- At least two episodes of ankle "giving way" in the past 6 months
- Answer "yes" to 5 or more questions on the Ankle Instability Instrument (AII)
- Answer "yes" to 11 or more questions on the Identification of Functional Ankle Instability (IdFAI)
You will not qualify if you...
- An ankle sprain in the previous four weeks or other lower leg neuromusculoskeletal injury in the past 12 months
- History of surgery in the lower extremity
- Fracture to the lower extremity in the past 12 months or a fracture that required open-reduction internal fixation
- History of neurological disease, vestibular or visual disturbance, or any pathology impairing sensorimotor performance or gait
- Current participation in a formal ankle joint rehabilitation program
- Concussion in the last 12 months
- Cardiovascular, metabolic, or renal disease or symptoms suggesting such conditions, or medical advice against vigorous physical activity such as running
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 2 locations
1
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky, United States, 40506
Actively Recruiting
2
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Charlotte, North Carolina, United States, 28223
Not Yet Recruiting
Research Team
D
Danielle M Torp, PhD, ATC
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
DOUBLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
PREVENTION
Number of Arms
2
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