PNF Stretching Compared to SMR on Hamstrings

Universitat Internacional de Catalunya

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Sports Physical Therapy

Treatments: Other: SMR; Other: PNF

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05134883

PNF_01

Details and patient eligibility

About

The use of stretching techniques in the sports world is frequent and widely used for its many effects. One of the main benefits is the gain in flexibility, range of motion and facilitation of the sporting performance. Recently the use of self-myofascial release (SMR) has spread in sports practice both at elite and recreational level for its benefits being similar to those observed in stretching. The objective of the following study is to compare the results of the proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation stretching with SMR on the hamstring muscle flexibility.

Enrollment: 80 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 60 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria

• hypermobility
• hamstring injury in the previous 6 months
• diagnosed orthopedic problems
• surgery in the lower limbs
• back pain
• spine surgery
• systemic or neurological disorders.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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80 participants in 2 patient groups

Propioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF)

Experimental group

Description:

This group will undergo a PNF stretching on the hamstring muscles.

Treatment:

Other: PNF

self myo-fascial release (SMR)

Active Comparator group

Description:

This group will undergo a SMR stretching on the hamstring muscles.

Treatment:

Other: SMR