Hip-Flexion Strength Training: Can Elastic Bands Induce a Relevant Effect?

Amager Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Hip Flexion Strength

Treatments: Other: Hip flexion strength training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01319175

H-3-2010-062

Details and patient eligibility

About

Strength training of the hip flexors using elastic bands can induce an effect on isometric hip strength of at least 15 %.

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Physically active (more than 2.5 h/week) individuals

Exclusion criteria

• Injury in the lower back or legs within the last 6 months.
• Systematic strength training of the hip flexors more than once a week within the last 6 months before the study was initiated.

Trial design

0 participants in 1 patient group

Training group

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Hip flexion strength training