NCT03743168

Static Stretching on Postural Sway and Plantar Pressures

The Acute Effects of Intermittent Versus Continuous Bilateral Ankle Plantar Flexors Static Stretching on Postural Sway and Plantar Pressures During Standing

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 48 (actual)
• Sponsor: Universidad de León · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Risk for falls has been associated with falls efficacy and postural balance. The objective was to compare the effects on the footprint and the stabilometry of the continuous stretch and the intermittent. Subjects were randomly assigned to an intermittent stretching protocol group or continuous stretch group both of them loading passive plantar flexor stretching. Static footprint and stabilometry were measured before and after both protocols.

Conditions

• Muscle Stretching Exercise; Postural Balance; Stabilometry; Platform

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Intermittent stretching protocol	Intermittent stretching protocol of five sets of 1 minute and15 second rest
OTHER	Continuous stretch	2 minutes continuous stretch

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-09-01
• Primary completion: 2018-10-01
• Completion: 2018-10-15
• First posted: 2018-11-16
• Last updated: 2018-11-16

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain