NCT05989490

The Effect of Stretching Intensity on Pain Sensitivity

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 31 (actual)
• Sponsor: University College of Northern Denmark · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 55 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The primary objective of this study is to determine the immediate efficiency of stretching intensity on regional and distant pain sensitivity in healthy subjects. It is hypothesized that the analgesic effect of stretching may be linked with the intensity of stretching in a dose-response relationship.

Conditions

• Pain Threshold
• Stretching
• Pain Sensitivity
• Range of Motion

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Static stretching	The participants are assigned to four bouts of static stretching of the right knee flexors with a 20-second rest period between bouts 20 to the point of discomfort and to the point of pain.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-08-20
• Primary completion: 2023-11-30
• Completion: 2024-04-30
• First posted: 2023-08-14
• Last updated: 2024-05-09

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Denmark