Effect of Stretching on Visco-elastic Behaviour of the Fascia Plantaris in a Healthy Population

University Ghent

Status: Completed

Conditions: Rehabilitation; Stiffness of Unspecified Foot, Not Elsewhere Classified; Fasciitis, Plantar; Stretch

Treatments: Other: Fascia stretch

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05153993

2017/1215

Details and patient eligibility

About

RCT with two arms: (1) stretch fascia plantaris (6 weeks, n=30) (2) control (n=30); Outcome parameters: ROM ankle and first toe; visco-elastic behaviour of the fascia plantaris determined by means of myotonometry Study protocol: Outcome parameters were evaluated before and after the intervention/control with a 6 weeks interval. All participants were screened bilaterally and for the participants assigned to the intervention group stretching was only performed on the dominant side

Enrollment: 60 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Healthy volunteers

Exclusion criteria

• Lower extremity injury

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

Stretch fascia plantaris

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Fascia stretch

Control group

No Intervention group