Effect of Cueing on Gluteus Maximus Recruitment

Mayo Clinic

Status: Completed

Conditions: Muscle Contraction

Treatments: Other: Cueing

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02645188

15-007140

Details and patient eligibility

About

Do specific verbal and tactile cues and instructions help people who perform bridging exercises to improve hip muscle strength to optimize recruitment of the gluteus maximus muscle?

Enrollment: 30 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 40 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• female
• 18-40 years of age
• normal muscle strength in lower extremities

Exclusion criteria

• evidence of patellofemoral pain syndrome
• evidence of femoracetabular impingement
• evidence of mechanical low back pain causing radicular (lower extremity) symptoms
• history of previous hip or knee ligament injury
• history of lower extremity trauma
• history of lower extremity surgery
• history of neurological conditions that impair motor function
• current lower extremity pain that limits functional activities

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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30 participants in 2 patient groups

Experimental

Experimental group

Description:

Cueing

Treatment:

Other: Cueing

Control

No Intervention group