Hamstring Stretch Effect (STRETCH-HAMS)

Miguel Hernández University of Elche

Status: Completed

Conditions: Postural; Defect

Treatments: Other: Active stretching; Other: Dynamic Stretching; Other: Control

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02386956

DPC.CLQ.01.15

Details and patient eligibility

About

Randomized clinical trial to evaluate the elongation of the hamstrings after making different types of stretching. One group receives a stretch of global postural reeducation (RPG), another group receives a mobilization of sciatic nerve, and a third group received a placebo treatment. The evaluation of these treatments are done previously, immediately after and 20 min later. The test used to evaluate elongation are the Sit and Reach and active knee extension (AKE test).

Full description

Randomized clinical trial to evaluate the elongation of the hamstrings after making different types of stretching and mobilizations used in physiotherapy. This study is realized with university students to be long time studying in sitting position, and each subject is randomly assigned to one of three different groups. One group receives 10 minutes of global postural reeducation stretching (RPG), another group receives 10 minutes of bilateral mobilization of sciatic nerve, and a third group received a placebo treatment. The evaluation of these treatments are done previously, immediately after and 20 min later. The test used to evaluate elongation are the Sit and Reach and active knee extension (AKE test). The order of measurement of each test is also randomized in each subject. The intervention is always applied to the same physical therapist, and measurements were always performed by another physiotherapist blinded.

Enrollment: 66 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 35 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• college students spend four hours or more for day sitting

Exclusion criteria

• college students do not spend four hours or more for day sitting
• subjects with a traumatic problem, injuries or subjects in treatment of this injuries at the moment of the study

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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66 participants in 3 patient groups, including a placebo group

Active stretching

Experimental group

Description:

10 minutes of Postural Global Reeducation for the posterior muscle chain

Treatment:

Other: Active stretching

Dynamic Stretching

Experimental group

Description:

10 minutes of sciatic nerve manual movilization in two legs

Treatment:

Other: Dynamic Stretching

Control

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

10 minutes with the patient lying on a machine off of magnetotherapy

Treatment:

Other: Control