The effectiveness of strain counterstrain in the treatment of patients with chronic ankle instability: A randomized clinical trial

Abstract

Therapy, Level 1b.

Therapeutic interventions for improving self-reported function in patients with chronic ankle instability: a systematic review

“…Treatment effect sizes ranged from −24.2972 to −0.4574 (table 3), with two articles having CIs crossing zero 74 75. Overall, these results suggest that multimodal rehabilitation is effective at improving self-reported function during physical activity.…”

“…The range of treatment effect sizes for the FAAM was −0.4774 to −1.6768 and −1.3773 to −9.2972 for the FADI. However, two articles did have CIs that included zero, implying that a truly beneficial treatment effect cannot be concluded 74 75. Collectively, these results suggest that supervised rehabilitation programmes are effective at improving self-reported function.…”

“…The quality of the studies based on the average Downs and Black Checklist was 19, with a range of 11–24 74 76. Study designs from these studies included randomised control trial, cohort study, case–control and case series.…”

“…Five articles51 68 72 74 75 included in this category examined the effects of a multimodal rehabilitation intervention for improving self-reported function during activities of daily living and physical activity, while one study only assessed activities of daily living 73. There were five articles identified as randomised control clinical trials,51 68 73–75 and one case–control study 72.…”

“…Treatment effect sizes ranged from −9.2972 to −0.4774 (table 2). The range of treatment effect sizes for the FAAM was −0.4774 to −1.6768 and −1.3773 to −9.2972 for the FADI.…”