NCT06761014

Comparative Effects of Instrumental Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization and Sustained Stretching Among Hockey Players

Comparative Effects of Instrumental Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization and Sustained Stretching on Pain, Range of Motion and Function Among Hockey Players With Quadratus Lumborum Tightness.

• Status: Active Not Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 22 (actual)
• Sponsor: Riphah International University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 16 Years – 26 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Effect of instrumental assisted soft tissue mobilization over sustained stretching in hockey players on improving quadratus lumborum flexibility.

Detailed description

To find the effect of instrumental assisted soft tissue mobilization over sustained stretching in hockey players on improving quadratus lumborum flexibility.

Conditions

• Sports Physical Therapy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Instrumental assisted soft tissue mobilization	instrument will be held at 45° angle and the IASTM treatment will be administered for about 20 seconds in a direction parallel to the muscle fibers being treated with deep strokes
OTHER	Sustained stretching	The therapist will apply the pressure or ask to maintain the stretch. A total of thirty seconds, divided into three sets of stretches at each intervention, with ten seconds of rest in between

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-04-24
• Primary completion: 2025-01-10
• Completion: 2025-01-20
• First posted: 2025-01-07
• Last updated: 2025-01-07

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Pakistan