Hip Activation vs. Hip Activation + Core Stabilization

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport

Status: Completed

Conditions: Lower Extremity Problem; Movement, Abnormal

Treatments: Other: Hip activation plus core stabilization home exercise program; Other: Hip activation home exercise program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06260306

STUDY00002568

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this investigation is to compare the effects of a combined hip activation and core stabilization training home exercise program (HEP) versus a hip activation training HEP alone on lower extremity (LE) frontal plane mechanics in healthy individuals.

Specific Aim 1: To determine whether between- and/or within-group differences exist on the Forward Step-Down test (FSDT) when comparing a combined hip activation and core stabilization training HEP as compared to a hip activation training HEP.

Specific Aim 2: To determine whether between- and/or within-group differences exist on the peak external knee abduction moment when comparing a combined hip activation and core stabilization training HEP to a hip activation training HEP.

Specific Aim 3: To determine whether between- and/or within-group differences exist on gluteal and core muscle surface electromyography (sEMG) when comparing a combined hip activation and core stabilization training HEP to a hip activation training HEP.

Specific Aim 4: To determine whether a dose-response relationship exists between HEP compliance and change on the FSDT, peak external knee abduction moment, and sEMG.

Enrollment: 34 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 22+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Participants will be current first- or second-year Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) students in the School of Allied Health Professions (SAHP) at Louisiana State University Health Shreveport over the age of 21.

Exclusion criteria

• Current pain or pathology in either LE which currently limits their ability to perform the FSDT or drop landing task, a history of low back pain in the last three months, known pregnancy, as pregnancy is a risk factor for diastasis rectus abdominis (DRA) which may be exacerbated by participation in the intervention and could be a confounding variable, and current participation in other clinical trials.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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34 participants in 2 patient groups

Hip Activation Group

Active Comparator group

Description:

The hip activation HEP group will receive a combination of hip musculature activation exercises used by previous researchers that show an increase in hip muscle recruitment.

Treatment:

Other: Hip activation home exercise program

Combined Hip Activation and Core Stabilization Group

Experimental group

Description:

The hip activation plus core stabilization HEP group will receive the same hip exercises as the other group, plus core stabilization exercises used by previous researchers.

Treatment:

Other: Hip activation plus core stabilization home exercise program