Stretching Exercises on Hamstring Flexibility.

NCT04932707 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: Hamstring muscle shortening
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 117
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The hamstrings muscles are examples of muscle groups that have a tendency to shorten. Limited flexibility has been shown to predispose a person to several musculoskeletal overuse injuries and significantly affect a person's function.

Conditions

Hamstring Muscle; Flexibility

Keywords

hamstring; Stretch; Sub-occipital inhibition; Neuro-dynamic

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• knee extension angle test

  Measure the knee extension knee joint from a supine lying position with hip and knee joints flexed to 90 degree.

  Immediately after the procedure

• knee extension angle test

  Measure the knee extension knee joint from a supine lying position with hip and knee joints flexed to 90 degree.

  4 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (4)

• Straight leg raising test

  Immediately after the procedure

• Straight leg raising test

  4 weeks

• Forward flexion test

  Immediately after the procedure

• Forward flexion test

  4 weeks

Study Arms (3)

Study group 1

EXPERIMENTAL

sub-occipital muscle inhibition.

Other: sub-occipital muscle inhibition technique; Other: control (passive stretch exercises)

Study group 2

EXPERIMENTAL

Received neurodynamic mobilization.

Other: Neurodynamic mobilization; Other: control (passive stretch exercises)

control group

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Received passive stretch of the hamstring muscle.

Other: control (passive stretch exercises)

Interventions

sub-occipital muscle inhibition technique OTHER

this technique will be conducted from a supine lying position. The therapist stretches the suboccipital, placing the hands beneath the patient's head applying pressure up and backward, pressure was maintained till tissue relaxation occurred flexes the head of the patient to get the chin to the manibiurim sternm.

Study group 1

Neurodynamic mobilization OTHER

Patient in a comfortable short sitting position at the edge of the bed with the trunk in an military straight position then ask the patient to slump; flex her neck and street the knee joint in complete extension the at the end of the procedure do active dorsiflexion at the tested foot.

Study group 2

control (passive stretch exercises) OTHER

The patient in a comfortable supine lying position, the patient was asked to flex his hip joint with complete knee extension and ankle in neutral position. The therapist stretches the hamstring of the dominant side

Study group 1; Study group 2; control group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 25 Years
• Sex: female
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• undergraduate female students
• body mass index 18-25 kg/cm square.
• All subjects will be free from injury or disease expected to affect hamstring length or ability to perform the exercises.

You may not qualify if:

• Hamstring injury within the past year.
• Verbal report of performing regular lower extremity.
• Current Muscle stretching exercises.
• History of neck trauma (whiplash).
• History of recent fracture in any part of the body.
• History of neurological or orthopedic disorders
• Diagnosis of a herniated disk
• Low back pain in the last 6 months

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Cairo University: lead
• Batterjee Medical College: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Olfat Ibrahim Ali

Giza, Dokki, 12611, Egypt

Location

Study Officials

• Olfat I Ali, PhD

  Cairo University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assistant Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 12, 2021
• First Posted: June 21, 2021
• Study Start: July 16, 2023
• Primary Completion: February 15, 2024
• Study Completion: March 28, 2024
• Last Updated: July 23, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-07

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share
• Shared Documents: STUDY PROTOCOL
• Time Frame: After study publication
• Access Criteria: Contact: Olfat Ibrahim Ali, email address: olfat\ ib@yahoo.com, olfat\ ib@cu.edu.eg

Locations

EG (1)