Effect of Cryokinetics on Talofibular Ligament of Improving Proprioception of the Ankle Joint among Sports Person Having Ankle Sprain

Ankle sprain is the stretching of ligaments, whereby the fibers or collagen of the ankle fibers are partially or completely disrupted. The incidence of the ankle sprain is high among sports population. The loss of ankle joint position sense as a clinical symptom is one of the factor leads to instability and gets overlooked by the physiotherapy practitioners many times.

The purpose of the study was to check the effectiveness of cryokinetics on talofibular ligament to improve joint proprioception among sports person.

Total 30 subjects (having ankle sprain) were selected from Adesh Hospital and University, by Random sampling. The subjects were screened according to criteria: of age 18–30 years, both male & female, State: acute, sub-acute and chronic, Unilateral & bilateral, Sports person, NPRS ranges between 3 to 8, restricted R.O.M of dorsiflexion, inversion and eversion were included in this study. After the data collection a written consent was obtained from participants and in the intervention cold therapy and open chain kinematic exercises were given in combination term as Cryokinetics to improve the ankle joint proprioception.

Pain intensity with the help of NPRS and proprioception with the help of Goniometer were considered as outcome measures & assessed on 1^st day prior to the treatment & re-assessed after 4 weeks post to the treatment

The statistical analysis was done with paired t-test. The calculated p-values for NPRS & Goniometer Scores were less than the table values when compared at 5% significance level with df-29.

The findings of study concluded that cryokinetics were significantly effective in talofibular ligament of improving proprioception of the ankle joint among sports person having ankle sprain.