Effect of six-week short-duration deep breathing on young adults with chronic ankle instability-a pilot randomized control trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Chronic ankle instability (CAI) is the most common injury in youth sports, which leads to psychological stress from doubting their performance. Cost effective and easy to access tool to reduce the stress among this target group are desired. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of adding on intervention with short-duration deep breathing (SDDB) alongside with conventional physiotherapy (CP) among young adults with chronic ankle instability (CAI).

Methods

Total of 30 CAI participants attended physiotherapy, who were randomly assigned into control and experimental groups. The participants in the experimental group received combined intervention (SDDB + CP), and the control group received CP for 6 weeks. The effectiveness of interventions

SUBMITTER: Ramalingam V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10652500 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature