Immediate Impact of Lumbar Fascia Stretching on Hamstring Flexibility

NCT04345055 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: CONSORT
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 41
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Introduction: the hamstring muscles has a great tendency to decrease its extensibility, originating a pathology with a own clinical entity, the Short Hamstring Syndrome (SHS), in addition to other problems on adjacent structures. All this present a great socioeconomic impact in the investigator's society. Various techniques have been demostrated to prduce an increase in flexibility, among which are the fascial techniques. Objective: to evaluate the immediate efficacy of the treatment of the lumbar fascia in the flexibility of the hamstring musculature. Methods: 41 women between 18 and 39 years old, in two groups. The experimental group received a technique of fascial stretching in the lumbar area while the control group participated in an off magnetotherapy machine. The hamstring flexibility in both lower limbs was measured by the Straight Leg Raising Test (SLR) and the Passive Popliteal Angle Test (PKE).

Conditions

Hamstring Injury

Keywords

hamstring muscles; lumbar fascia; flexibility

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Change from Straight Leg Raising Test (SLR)

  Test

  Pre-intervention and immediately after the intervention

• Change from Passive Popliteal Angle Test (PKE)

  Test

  Pre-intervention and immediately after the intervention

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• IPAQ

  Pre-intervention

Study Arms (2)

Fascial treatment

EXPERIMENTAL

Treatment the lumbar fasciae

Other: Treatment of the lumbar fasciae

Placebo group

PLACEBO COMPARATOR

Introduce in a machine off

Other: Placebo intervention

Interventions

Treatment of the lumbar fasciae OTHER

Treat the lumbar facial with a manual technique

Fascial treatment

Placebo intervention OTHER

Introduce in a machine off

Placebo group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 39 Years
• Sex: female
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Female between 18 and 39 years old.
• Signed informed consent

You may not qualify if:

• Any alteration that prevents the normal communication between the patient and the therapist at the time of the study.
• Have an injury in the hamstring muscles.
• Have a chronic or acute lumbar pain in the moment of the realization.
• Neurological or orthopedic desease.
• Any important estructural alteration in the lower members that may be likely to alter the results under study.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia: lead

Study Sites (1)

Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia

Murcia, 30107, Spain

Location

Study Officials

• Juan Javier Bru Ruiz

  Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: DOUBLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, INVESTIGATOR
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Investigator

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 6, 2020
• First Posted: April 14, 2020
• Study Start: March 1, 2019
• Primary Completion: March 1, 2019
• Study Completion: April 30, 2019
• Last Updated: April 14, 2020

Record last verified: 2020-04

Locations

ES (1)