Comparative Effects of Instrumental Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization and Sustained Stretching Among Hockey Players

Riphah International University

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Sports Physical Therapy

Treatments: Other: Instrumental assisted soft tissue mobilization; Other: Sustained stretching

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06761014

REC/RCR&AHS/24/0431

Details and patient eligibility

About

Effect of instrumental assisted soft tissue mobilization over sustained stretching in hockey players on improving quadratus lumborum flexibility.

Full description

To find the effect of instrumental assisted soft tissue mobilization over sustained stretching in hockey players on improving quadratus lumborum flexibility.

Enrollment: 22 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 16 to 26 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Age group of 16-26 years. Male and female Deficit of thoracolumbar Range of Motion with QL tightness Participates with moderate pain as per the ODI (20%-40%)

Exclusion criteria

Not fit in the age group Who have muscles injury from last 6 months Who have ODI score less than 20% Who do not involve QL tightness

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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22 participants in 2 patient groups

Group A: Instrumental assisted soft tissue mobilization

Experimental group

Description:

11 participates will receive IASTM treatment for total of 40 more seconds.

Treatment:

Other: Instrumental assisted soft tissue mobilization

Group B: Sustained stretching

Experimental group

Description:

11 participates will receive total of thirty seconds, divided into three sets of stretches at each intervention, with ten seconds of rest in between.

Treatment:

Other: Sustained stretching