Comparison of Two Manual Therapy Techniques on Ankle Dorsiflexion

Inclusion Criteria: * male gender, aged between 18 to 40 years, with a chronic unilateral mobility deficit of the talocrural joint; i.e. subjective blocking sensation and/or feeling of ankle stiffness together with the presence of ankle region pain/tenderness, during active WBADF while squatting. Subjects were recruited with chronic unilateral mobility deficit of the talocrural joint, which could be following a previous history of ankle injury or without previous history of ankle injury. Exclusion Criteria: * a history of ankle joint surgery or injury to the foot, ankle, knee or hip in the previous one-year.