NCT03958084

Effect of Therapeutic Techniques on Leg Stretching in Healthy Subjects

Effect of Different Therapeutic Techniques on the Flexibility of ischiotíbial in Healthy Individuals

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 30 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Alessandro Haupenthal · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 35 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

There are physiotherapy techniques, known as lumbar mobilization, proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation, massage therapy, windsheets and foam roller that present good results in stretching the legs. This study aims to evaluate which of these techniques has a better result in leg stretching. It is believed that massage therapy and lumbar mobilization will provide better results.

Detailed description

A randomized clinical trial blind crossover. The aim of this study is comparing the immediate effect of five interventions on the flexibility of hamstrings in healthy individuals. Participants will be assessed pre and post intervention through the extended leg elevation test and photogrammetry. The techniques of unilateral lumbar mobilization, proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation, massage, ventosa therapy and foam roller will be applied on different days with a 48-hour interval between interventions. The techniques will be compared using the repeated measures ANOVA after verification of normality by the Shapiro-Wilk test, adopting the significance level of 5% and 95% confidence interval.

Conditions

• Healthy
• Adult

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIAGNOSTIC_TEST	Straight Leg Raise	The assessment of the flexibility of the hamstring will be realized through the test of straight leg raise (SLR). The SLR is a passive test performed unilaterally.

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-07-20
• Primary completion: 2020-12-15
• Completion: 2021-03-30
• First posted: 2019-05-21
• Last updated: 2020-04-24

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Brazil