NCT02386956

Hamstring Stretch Effect (STRETCH-HAMS)

Evaluation of Hamstrings Elongation After Different Physiotherapy Stretching Techniques

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 66 (actual)
• Sponsor: Universidad Miguel Hernandez de Elche · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 35 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Randomized clinical trial to evaluate the elongation of the hamstrings after making different types of stretching. One group receives a stretch of global postural reeducation (RPG), another group receives a mobilization of sciatic nerve, and a third group received a placebo treatment. The evaluation of these treatments are done previously, immediately after and 20 min later. The test used to evaluate elongation are the Sit and Reach and active knee extension (AKE test).

Detailed description

Randomized clinical trial to evaluate the elongation of the hamstrings after making different types of stretching and mobilizations used in physiotherapy. This study is realized with university students to be long time studying in sitting position, and each subject is randomly assigned to one of three different groups. One group receives 10 minutes of global postural reeducation stretching (RPG), another group receives 10 minutes of bilateral mobilization of sciatic nerve, and a third group received a placebo treatment. The evaluation of these treatments are done previously, immediately after and 20 min later. The test used to evaluate elongation are the Sit and Reach and active knee extension (AKE test). The order of measurement of each test is also randomized in each subject. The intervention is always applied to the same physical therapist, and measurements were always performed by another physiotherapist blinded.

Conditions

• Postural; Defect

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Active stretching	10 minutes of active stretching of the posterior muscle chain with RPG techniques
OTHER	Dynamic Stretching	10 minutes of dynamic stretching of the sciatic nerve and the posterior muscle chain with manual techniques of mobilization the nerves
OTHER	Control	10 minutes with the patient lying on a machine off of magnetotherapy

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-04-01
• Primary completion: 2015-05-01
• Completion: 2015-06-01
• First posted: 2015-03-12
• Last updated: 2015-09-18

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain