NCT02870335

Manual Therapy and Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation in Field Hockey Players.

Effectiveness of a Protocol Manual Therapy and Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation in Field Hockey Players.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 47 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Valencia · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 16 Years – 30 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Introduction: Field hockey is a contact sport. Semiflexion asymmetric position, along with other theories such as the weakness of the extensor muscles of the back or hamstring injury, can be causes or aggravating that suelan hockey players suffer back pain. Objectives: To observe the effectiveness of manual therapy techniques and post-isometric stretching (PNF) after three treatment sessions. In turn, know which of the two treatments have a greater benefit and longer. Methods: The population consists of grass hockey players and senior category aged between 16-30 years. They were randomly divided into two treatment groups. Group 1 corresponded to manual therapy techniques and group 2 to PNF stretching. The study duration for each subject was 5 sessions that included 3 treatment and 3 assessments. Each evaluation consisted of goniometry, balance test using the Sit and Reach, and Roland Morris questionnaire.

Conditions

• Hockey Players Whith Lower Back and Hamstring Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Manual Therapy	The patient remained lying on the gurney and the treatment was performed in the order set forth below and included: overall bilateral manipulation of L5-S1-Sacroiliac, subsequently decompression hip joint, the tibiofemoral decompression, stretching rotators hip flexion or hip and knee mobilization technique downing head and base of the fibula, tibiofibular-talus tali posteriorización decompression and with the help of a wedge to facilitate technical.
OTHER	Proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation	Stretching were conducted in the hamstrings, psoas, adductors, pyramidal, quadriceps and right above.

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-08-01
• Primary completion: 2016-09-01
• Completion: 2016-10-01
• First posted: 2016-08-17
• Last updated: 2017-06-27

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain