Trials / Completed

CompletedNCT01820351

Assessment of Thigh Muscle After a Stretching Program

BICEPS FEMORIS AND VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE ARCHITECTURE AFTER A CHRONIC STRETCHING PROGRAM

Status: Completed
Phase: N/A
Study type: Interventional
Enrollment: —

Sponsor: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro · Academic / Other
Sex: Male
Age: 17 Years – 25 Years
Healthy volunteers: —

Summary

The purpose of this study is to establish, through ultrasound, measurements of the thigh muscles (Biceps Femoris and Vastus Lateralis)and the chronic effects of a static stretching program on the muscle-tendon unit these muscles.

Conditions

Assessment of Muscle Architecture and Tendon After Chronic Stretching Program

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	static stretching exercise on 3 times a week during 8 weeks. Sets number: three of 30 seconds with intervals of equal duration

Timeline

Start date: 2011-02-01
Primary completion: 2011-11-01
First posted: 2013-03-28
Last updated: 2013-03-28

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Brazil

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT01820351. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.