Effects of Isometric Muscle Fatigue on Trunk Muscle Stiffness

University of Primorska

Status: Completed

Conditions: Muscle Tightness

Treatments: Other: isometric trunk extensor muscles fatigue

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05490966

SWE_Isometric

Details and patient eligibility

About

Interventional study of the effects of a trunk extensor muscles fatigue protocol on trunk extensors stiffness.

Full description

Single visit interventional study of the effects of a trunk extensor muscles fatigue protocol on multifidus and erector spinae muscle stiffness measured by Ultrasound based Shearwave elastography.

Enrollment: 22 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 40 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Physically active at least 3 hours a week

Exclusion criteria

• Low back pain in the past 6 months
• History of chronic low back pain
• History of spinal or pelvic operation
• Hypermobility, more than 4 points on Beighton scale
• Cardiovascular or systemic diseases
• Pregnancy

Trial design

Primary purpose: Basic Science

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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22 participants in 1 patient group

Isometric fatigue

Experimental group

Description:

Fatiguing intermittent isometric exertions of trunk extensor muscles will be performed.

Treatment:

Other: isometric trunk extensor muscles fatigue