The Effects of Soft Tissue Therapy and Exercise on Hamstring Tightness
Completed · Not applicable · Has a placebo group
Conditions studied: Hamstring Tightness, Myofascial Pain, Musculoskeletal Pain
In brief
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of myofascial decompression (cupping) and neurodynamic sliding technique for the hamstring on Division I Track and Field athletes who complain of hamstring tightness. Research questions will be: how do these techniques affect hamstring range of motion and flexibility; isometric strength of the hamstring muscle; muscle activation; and rate of force development. The hypotheses of this study are that neurodynamic sliding will have an effect on all variables and myofascial decompression will only have an effect on range of motion.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT03651141
- Run by
- Oklahoma State University
- People needed
- 21
- Starts
- 2017-03-27
- Expected to finish
- 2017-06-12
- Last updated by the study team
- 2018-08-31
Who can join
Age: 18 and older, up to 25. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Must be in the Sprints, Jumps, or Multi (heptathlon, pentathlon, or decathlon) groups
- complain of hamstring tightness and/or injury in the last calendar year
- have less than 80⁰ for Active Knee Extension test.
You may not qualify if…
- Past history or current neurological disorders or orthopedic diseases
- Surgery of the lower extremity that involves an autograft on the tested leg
- Past history of hamstring surgery
- Receiving current treatment for a hamstring injury
- Received any form of myofascial therapy or neurodynamic techniques within the last week unhealed wounds
- active TB
- leukemia
- hemophilia
- thrombocytopenia
- fever
- influenza
- moderate/severe anemia
- high blood pressure
- cardiac conditions
- late stages of pregnancy
Where it is running
- Applied Neuromuscular Physiology Lab — Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States
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