60
Participants
Start Date
September 1, 2018
Primary Completion Date
October 9, 2020
Study Completion Date
October 9, 2020
Joint Mobilization
Participants will receive 6, 5-minute treatment sessions over 2-weeks. Each session will consist of 2, 2-minute bouts of Grade II anterior to posterior ankle joint mobilizations with 1-minute between sets. Mobilizations will be large-amplitude, 1-s rhythmic oscillations from the mid- to end range of arthrokinematic motion.
Massage
Participants will receive 6, 5-minute treatment sessions over 2-weeks. Each session will consist of 2, 2-minute bouts of plantar massage with 1-minute between sets. The massage will be a combination of petrissage and effleurage to the entire plantar surface.
Fetzer Hall, Chapel Hill
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)
NIH
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
OTHER