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Titre
Trigger Point Dry Needling and Proprioceptive Exercises for the Management of Chronic Ankle Instability: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Autor(es)
Sujet
Trigger Point Dry Needling (TDN)
Proprioceptive Exercises
Chronic Ankle Instability
Fecha de publicación
2015
Éditeur
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Resumen
[EN] to proprioceptive/strengthening exercises on pain and function in ankle instability. Methods. Twenty-seven (44% female, mean
age: 33 ± 3 years) individuals with unilateral ankle instability were randomly assigned to an experimental group who received
proprioceptive/strengthening exercises combined with TrP-DN into the lateral peroneusmuscle and a comparison group receiving
the same proprioceptive/strengthening exercise program alone. Outcome included function assessed with the Foot and Ankle
AbilityMeasure (FAAM) and ankle pain intensity assessed with a numerical pain rate scale (NPRS). They were captured at baseline
and 1-month follow-up after the intervention. Results.TheANOVAs found significant Group ∗ Time Interactions for both subscales
of the FAAM (ADL: 𝐹 = 8.211; 𝑃 = 0.008; SPORTS: 𝐹 = 13.943; 𝑃 < 0.001) and for pain (𝐹 = 44.420; 𝑃 < 0.001): patients
receiving TrP-DN plus proprioceptive/strengthening exercises experienced greater improvements in function and pain than those
receiving the exercise program alone. Between-groups effect sizes were large in all outcomes (SMD > 2.1) in favor of the TrPDN
group. Conclusions. This study provides evidence that the inclusion of TrP-DN within the lateral peroneus muscle into a
proprioceptive/strengthening exercise programresulted in better outcomes in pain and function 1 month after the therapy in ankle
instability.
URI
ISSN
1741-427X
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/790209
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