Return to Physical Activity Following Injury: Towards Understanding a More Accessible Solution for Shorter Recovery Time.

Return to Physical Activity Following Injury: Towards Understanding a More Accessible Solution for Shorter Recovery Time.

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of cryotherapy application on hip adductors and ankle evertors on the Overall Stability Index (OSI), the Medio-Lateral Stability Index (MLSI), and the Antero-Posterior Stability Index (APSI) in healthy adult females.

Cryotherapy is one of the most common and inexpensive forms of treatment for both acute and chronic injuries. Yet, there is a deficiency in research concerning the impact of cooling on balance in healthy females

Inclusion Criteria:

• healthy females will participate in this study. All participants should have unrestricted ankle and hip joints range of motion as well as ankle and hip muscles strength grade four to five (using manual muscle testing).

Exclusion Criteria:

• Participants will be excluded from the study if they had any previous history of hip or ankle joint neuromuscular or musculoskeletal injury or surgery, any pathology to the hip or ankle joints (i.e. abnormal ligament laxity and congenital deformities), any problems related to balance and stability.