Enhancing Gluteus Maximus Recruitment

Mayo Clinic

Status: Completed

Conditions: Muscular Weakness

Treatments: Other: Exercise

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02042937

13-009283

Details and patient eligibility

About

Can participants enhance gluteus maximus recruitment during a single-leg squat test following a neuromuscular training program?

Enrollment: 20 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 36 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria

• female
• healthy, active individuals
• age 18-36
• walk without assistive device
• able to run, jump, squat without difficulty
• show evidence of hip muscle dysfunction on screening exam

Exclusion criteria

• history of knee ligament injury, knee surgery, patella dislocation
• knee pain traversing stairs, squatting or after prolonged sitting within 6 months of test
• joint line tenderness suggestive of meniscus pathology
• positive knee ligament stress tests

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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20 participants in 2 patient groups

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

No intervention

Exercise

Experimental group

Description:

Exercise to improve gluteus maximus recruitment

Treatment:

Other: Exercise