Instrument-assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization to Improve Mobility and Hip Strength in Semi-professional Rugby Players

Investigación en Hemofilia y Fisioterapia

Status: Withdrawn

Conditions: Rugby Player

Treatments: Other: Assisted soft tissue mobilization

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: NETWORK

Identifiers

NCT04286061

IASTM

Details and patient eligibility

About

Instrument-assisted soft tissue mobilization is a method that uses different devices to approach the myofascial system in variables such as joint mobility and muscle strength.

The objective of the study is to assess the effectiveness of the technique of soft tissue mobilization assisted by instruments in increasing the mobility of hip abduction and strength of the hip adductor musculature, in semi-professional rugby players federated in Spain of 18 at 32 years old Randomized, simple blind clinical study. 29 rugby players will be randomized to the two study groups: experimental (assisted soft tissue mobilization in the adductor leg muscles) and control (without intervention). The intervention will last 4 weeks, with 1 session per week, approximately 1 or 2 minutes each. The study variables will be hip abduction mobility (goniometry) and the strength of the hip adductor musculature (sphygmomanometry). A descriptive statistical analysis will be carried out calculating the main statistical characteristics. The distribution of normality will be calculated through an analysis of Saphiro Wilk. With the t-student test of repeated measures the differences will be calculated after the evaluations, and through an ANOVA of repeated measures the intra and intersubject effect will be calculated. The effect size will be calculated using the Cohen mean difference formula It is expected to observe an increase in hip abduction, as well as an increase in the strength of the adductor musculature of the hip.

Sex: Male

Ages: 18 to 32 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Male rugby players
• With an age range of 18 to 32 years
• Semi-professionals federated in Spain (category Division of Honor B, group C)
• Who have not had previous injuries to the lower limb in the last 2 months.

Exclusion criteria

• Subjects who: present any type of sensory alteration in the skin
• Are taking muscle relaxants
• Have skin infections
• Are allergic to the material of the intervention or evaluation tool
• Have not signed the informed consent document.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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0 participants in 2 patient groups

Experimental group

Experimental group

Description:

Each session will last 1 or 2 minutes, with one intervention being carried out a week, over a period of 4 weeks. Prior to the start of training, the instrument-assisted soft tissue mobilization technique will be performed

Treatment:

Other: Assisted soft tissue mobilization

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

Players included in the control group will follow their usual training routine.