Effectiveness of manual techniques, exercise therapy, or combined treatments in the management of ankle sprains or chronic ankle instability in adult athletes: a systematic review protocol.
[en] [en] OBJECTIVE: The objective of this review will be to synthesize the evidence on the effectiveness of manual techniques, exercise therapy, or combined treatments in the management of ankle sprains and chronic ankle instability in adult athletes.
INTRODUCTION: Acute ankle sprains and chronic ankle instability are common in athletes. These conditions can result in varying degrees of disability, including reduced athletic performance and time out of competition, which may have adverse psychological effects.
INCLUSION CRITERIA: The review will consider randomized controlled trials evaluating the effectiveness of manual techniques and/or exercise therapy for ankle sprain or chronic ankle instability in adult athletes. The comparators will include sham treatment, no treatment, and other conservative interventions. The outcomes of interest will be pain intensity, functional disability, ankle joint range of motion, ankle muscle strength, postural control, and subjective stability.
METHODS: The review will follow the JBI methodology for systematic reviews of effectiveness. Searches will be conducted to locate published and unpublished studies in the following sources: MEDLINE (Ovid), CENTRAL (Ovid), Embase, SPORTDiscus (EBSCOhost), Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro), Google Scholar, ClinicalTrials.gov, and the WHO International Clinical Trials Registry Platform (ICTRP). Two independent reviewers will select the study, critically appraise it, and extract data. Then, a narrative synthesis and, if appropriate, a meta-analysis will be performed. The certainty of findings will be determined using the GRADE approach.
SYSTEMATIC REVIEW REGISTRATION NUMBER: PROSPERO CRD42023493687.
Research Center/Unit :
EVAREVA - Évaluation‐Revalidation - ULiège RUCHE - Research Unit for a life-Course perspective on Health & Education - ULiège
Disciplines :
Orthopedics, rehabilitation & sports medicine
Author, co-author :
Grosdent, Stéphanie ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des Sciences de l'activité physique et de la réadaptation
Léonard, François ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des Sciences de l'éducation > Psychométrie et édumétrie
Demoulin, Christophe ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des Sciences de l'activité physique et de la réadaptation > Kinésithérapie spécifique et réadaptation motrice ; Faculty of Motor Sciences, Health Sciences Sector, Physiotherapy Department, Université Catholique de Louvain-La-Neuve, Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium
Aguilaniu, Aude ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Unités de recherche interfacultaires > Motion analysis research unit (MARU)
Hidalgo, Benjamin; Faculty of Motor Sciences, Health Sciences Sector, Physiotherapy Department, Université Catholique de Louvain-La-Neuve, Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium ; Physiotherapy Department, High School Léonard de Vinci, Health Sector, Brussels, Belgium
Durieux, Nancy ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des Sciences de l'activité physique et de la réadaptation ; JBI Belgium: A Centre of Excellence, Leuven, Belgium
Language :
English
Title :
Effectiveness of manual techniques, exercise therapy, or combined treatments in the management of ankle sprains or chronic ankle instability in adult athletes: a systematic review protocol.
Publication date :
04 April 2025
Journal title :
JBI Evidence Synthesis
eISSN :
2689-8381
Publisher :
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), United States
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